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VOLUME 1. 


PROVIDENCE: 
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‘DEDICATED TO THE HUMBLE MAN THAT DIED FOR TRUTH’S SAKE. 
PROVIDENCE, Mane 2, 1870. 

I am | the huroble instrament through which the hely Hebrew family has 
seen fit to give facts relative to themselves, and the faithful friends that fol- 
lowed the ‘destiny of the family of Joseph and Maryn. Humanity’s de- 
mands were upon them, and they sought earth again in order to bestow upon 
them a legacy full of interest to every one that chooses facts instead of fic- 


tion. Candid minds shall decide for me whether or not lam worthy to be- 
eome scribe for the humble Nazarene ; ; but there is one thing, I did not 


choose my labor, it was brought before me and laid down in life lines ere I > 


could inseribe one word, Sentence by sentence it has been printed before 
me. in bright electri ic letters ere I consigned them to paper, and every ex- 
pression was as new to me as to the reader, from the first tothe last ; now, 
Tam called upon to submit this manuscript to the press, and may all that 
read this work read it with an unprejudieed mind against one that has sub- 
mitted days of toil te this workin order that the human mind may be un- 
trammeled by heathen devices that have been handed down through the 
Catholic Church, and all of her offspring have partaken of their mother’s 
errors. Friends of earth, I shallsoon go from you, but when I am gone do 
not say I did not lay down my life for God’s children to receive light. Life, 
what is.it but a burden to me, now? yet there is a balm that eauses me to 
be submissive to the higher powers, and say humanity’s demand 3s upon me, 
and I will obey her will while I breathe this earthly air. Farewell, friends, 
.that have known me in earth life ; farewell, friends, that love light and al! 
that love truth bereft of fiction, for such are friends to humanity. God alone 
shall, decide between me and thee as.to the holy gitt of inspiration or no. 
Humble. in birth, limitedin education, I-have desired to submit myseifto the 
criticism. of the refined ‘and’ educated. Deal gently with the errors 
of this work, and receive the holy ideas from the holy band that come back 
to'finish up what had beem begun ages on ages ago—to bless humanity when 
freedom would» protect ‘the humble, controlled) from the battle axe, the 


flames and the Cross. ) u : x 
| \T am your most obedient, Oxive G. Perris. 


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Let humanity learn that those that have ae own their coe wen are 
not dead. Lét the! earth claim but her own! The tite of that body. con- 
tinues to live as before. Here I find myself employed in my former busi- 
ness, even with all my enthusiasm I ever felt, writing my own books. 
Freed from elire i fleéed frond ‘the cold neglect of man. That was ae expe. 
riénce wher! feat bestest the scour 4e ‘of. ‘diséase, “The! hour has ¢ come hen 
1 can dénotince hypocrisy and decels, ‘fearing not the wicked tongue of slan- 
der, or the’ criticism: ‘of. false friends, © ‘May Tent’ fll’ ‘the eee , fedrtee8t 
those that fear the light.” My friends are fiven ay! that hs ebee oO thade: ‘my 
friends ‘through’ the” sy mpathy of my writings, ‘theteford | it is. “the: sytipa- 
thy of the soul ‘withoiit ! any selfish motiv és} : hablisee that “hhakes ds friends 


3 forever. Bhe that inseribes | ‘for ‘me’ “HAS bégut a work for hitmanity. 4) 


can “assist in’ the Writing, yet ‘all the’ jdeas are aS new ‘to me as they” ae 3 
the readér, “This work is to be free fy ‘om ‘fiction, “Hee Re first that Has 
ever been oft en relative’ to the first Born of Josephs ‘ind’Mary— sit of NZ 
dieth.’ ‘Phe influendes : ‘ire all from. that igen whieh “he lived, and will si sive 
Lldmble tuth¥ as they. were He is’ beside: In! oping t to'bl ee Ritts? 
they will be blest by’ fadts. aoe bob hee madé its “appearance,” énitited “The 
Life’ of Jesus OF NUZAreth?? | Ey ery cateful ‘reader’ will feel that it is an eins 
blematical histéty iste: id of life facts that actually dccured. " i ieee 
THis work before me i8 full of mterest to’ every human’ rdbtind 9 Reel der, 
YT acknowledge” myself a’ heretic! towaid the my tified’ Goa; inéarcerated' in 
the flesh. ~ May my friends'in the fest believe T dietatelt tH preface in or- 
der that’ they ‘may kiiow I ain ’Still beside ther’; be is Tiving'i in their’ mid dst. 
I Will inscribe my own name)” si ccticall eidwdh abe Libhab. 
Basie) et oe Der tel sae, : recon! | ofidwillpw sil yoo ity >t boa 
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TESTIMONY: OF ESA 


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» Dranathe dombtolledl of thi boy Jesus.»: Theo father and smb dwelt ‘to+ 
géther! in; love, and: harmony. . Their: first-born: was’ filled! withdove, ‘fuith 
and hope‘in the mercy of one! God,oand that\God! existed injall:things, that 
had been created. [he mother gazed! deep in the cause of:crented things, 
and askéd her husband many. questions concerning: the law that; begat them: 
Joseph, was educated far superion tooMaryin the ordinance of (God, because 
he had been taught the commandments as it bad beenheéldit God's holy 
brotherhood from the remotest period |of«time. He could instruct Mary 











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wm. all the ideas) she, had caught from inspirations; Sbeheldi her bastantil's 


opinion in the greatest adoration; because she felt Godihad) blest: her w with one 7 


capable, of. guiding, hey sin all things. . Joseph: looked, upon. Mary, asa tholy 
thing ,-which» God, had laid: inthis bosom.to,ebeer and.coinfort him, andj in 
this boly feeling of adoration, one for. tbe other, their first-born, Jesus, was, 
begotten. . My) control commenced , over) that, ebild as soon" as heures e 
earth air. | Iknew!he was doomed.to die.for hum anity, and 1 mast ac ‘knowl- 
edge him. the child of God, for God is go6d,and ail there wasief that boy was 
‘good.)). His ideas) were: bright, diawa fromthe inner liferof all things around 


him, while he forgot: the external;?beautiful be owas inoform) and! feature— | 


hone. could ; Suances him.» W hen 1 he began tdiwalk his adoring-father ex- 
claimed, hé! is) like an odvgel,) all so. brihty:dalling; Maryyto look jat-bim, 
Mary’s, keen, perception. saw at /onee that he was electrifiedy/but shé called 
it’ God, as. the» holiést’ expression sheicould give utteranceto. «I acknowl- 


edge myself but a man; and Lwas)his-controller:)’ The family /bevome en-. 


wrapt .withi.eaeh, other, evens as their>father and mother had been before 
them... Their) four »boys owére. all beautiful | boys, butsall different: in! their 
natures. 1. must: acknowledge my inability to describe this family and do 
them justice, aS there» are nove thatowalkethe earth: could comprehend the 
purity, and aifectiom ‘that blended their lives together trum the oldest to’ the 
youngest. ‘No. one! could fully bélieve me if 1: should declard to them how 
bumble they were’ in every desire ;seven ‘Mary)iprayed that God would 
give ther children that:she could rear them: in /God’s glory.) Josephvalways 
knelt) and thanked) his: Godowhenéver Mary gave promise of another off- 
spring. cd) having! the fully-knowledge'of this) family; and whatithey must 
pass. through,! madé: me: anxious’ to: bestow upon them all the comforts I 
could procure for them earthly. »The mother’s: face was fully imprinted in 
the boy, Jesus,,sweet and gentle in every,expression,;jthe father dound a 
full impression in James, brave, noble and good. Jessie blended the two 
together. Beautiful, frail boy, but he blest father and mother with his holy 
love and affection. Simeon, beautiful angel boy, caught the impression of 
his aunt Martha more fully than any of the rest ; fair in feature, bright 
and active, filled with holy affection and adoration to God for bestowing 
upon him such good friends, hope was ever bright before him ; the beauti- 
fal child was more like a delicate female than male, and one that never 
breathed earth air partook in feature more of father than mother ; his exis 

tence has found no record tor earth knew him not. The boy’s name is in- 


seribed in the book of genealogy as Levi by the Grand Arch Bishop in the 


Holy of Holies beyond God’s ether blue. Here I have drawn from the inner 
life of 1867 years, the true description of that Hebrew family, which is 
designed by Almighty God hereafter to give light to all the world and draw 
from eternal distance, holy inspiration, that God may be glorified through 
His works among the children of men, Iam the one that Joseph and Mary 


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called God ;. I beg a spin't, they could not desigiate, and gave the holiest 
name they obald conceive of. My worthy Joseph felt humbled before that 
child Jesus when the was under control, and woukl ask many questions 


which L explained in Hebrew tongues then he taught it to his children. 


” be rth’s children are willing to receive facts from ene that did lay down 
his life: 


° Gots glory en earth, they willbe blest by these facts; but these 
that are bigoted and not willing to receive trath > frem this ‘humble origin, 
can never be blest. » Farewell, reader, this is the last testimony T shall ever 
leave on earth concerning the Hebrew family and their first-born, Jesus. 0” 

Iam) Leiah, once King ef Ancient Arabia, when it was! known among 
the nations of the earth as the finest and noblest of any people that walked 
the earth. I was Grand Arch Bishop of: the order ef Ged’s Brotherhood 
Then Arabia was a iand of fountains and ‘flowers, ere the ocean of sand 
was thrown upon its besom from the upheaving of the ocean’ bed. . Holy 
Arabia, God’s chosen children, were swept away, wre they were ‘polluted by 
the accursed heathen priests and confessors.’ I. held control'in my own 
kingdom, and on avisit to India being heard to exclaim there is one God 
and one God only, I was beheaded by the order of the priesthood’ in my 
55th year, being denounced as a heretic.’ I have centrolied in all countries 
of the earth, declaring ene God, and one God only. Here Iam again, de: 
claring how I controlled the boy Jesus through a humble female that lives 
but for God and humanity, hoping ere Jong to breathe in'a more congenial 
clime where humanity cannot crush her, and where angel brothers and sis- 
ters will know her as she is and net hold her in ridicule for believing God’s 
children breathe vpon her. God’s. blessings rest upon all that hear and be- 
lieve, because it will bring peace and rest to their souls. ‘She must be’ in- 
scribed as the earth daughter of Leiah,-King of Arabia, in spirit: Adieu. 

Caught threugh inspiration hy |” ~~ OLIVE G. Purtis. 


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Humanity, thou hast called and we have come to give answer, Heathen, 


idolatrous worship, fills your land and allis commotion. God’s command is 
upon us, and we have left our abode of light i in order that you may receive 
truth just as it was, entirely bereft of fiction. Holy God assist us in laying 
down each incident exactly as it was, even as it was when I walked the 
earth. How holy the task is to me te be able to bless humanity. These 
records are drawn from my humble condition in life, when dar kness filled 
the land and the chains of heathen bigots .were heavy, and brute force was 
law. How little man knows, to-day, how I lived, having a price set upon 
my head from the coutroller for declaring God’s presence and nothing more; 
having a price set upon my head when [I was but eleven. From that time 
I was in constant fear of being destroyed by those fiends of darkness that 
acknowledged no God but their idols. and their hellish desires. I was com- 
pelled to hide away, because the knowledge given through me by my con- 
troller caused them to exclaim: “Heresy is here, let it be destroyed ere we 
all become contaminated ;” but ere they could hold their council, my guardian 
angel would draw near, lay her hand in mine, and say, “come brother, let us 
hurry away to the mountains, Mary awaits her boy, filled with fear at his 
long absence.” Taen she would bear me from the midst of. confusion and 
dart up the mountain, I hardly know how. Mary would always be waiting 
my coming, and exclaim, “God bless you, dear children, how glad I am you 
have come.” My holy guide would never leave me until I was safe in my 
humble home. Mary could discern spirits and converse with them even as 
I could. Joseph’s revelations come by dreams. James interpreted dreams. 
Jessie was a natural clairvoyant from his birth ; could converse with spir- 
its even as easy as he could with me. Simeon was one that could interpret 
ull characters from the Ancient Arabic to the Hebrew. I was oftentimes 
controlled to draw characters on the ground, but I could not decipher them, 
but he could translate as fast as any could read their own language, My 
controller taught my mother and father many things that the world never 
knew ; truths that they dare not reveal for fear their lives would be de- 
stroyed. These records are drawn by myself, humble as I am, in order that 
humanity may be blest, and all that receive these simple truths will be blest 
by receiving me as a brother, and hold me no longer as an idol. Holy God 
forbids that humanity should be deceived any longer by declaring me a God 


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or my mother a virgin when I was begotten. Joseph declares he 
“knew Mary one year and eight days before I was born. Catholicism is 
but the device of heathen anointed priests in order to hold control and 
nothing more. The poor, igaovant creatures have bowed to their idols until 
their chains are heavy and they are beginning to ask for eternal light. The 
priests declare in all of ithe churches) what thdy donot bdlieve, with a few 
exceptions ouly. Why ? f Rew luse it is in their articles of faith, and they 
would not be held in such high esteemr by their deluded votaries. Holy, 

eternal God, assist me in taking up the cross again in order that Imay 
bless humanily ere I depart again from earth forever, bearing away. with, me 
all that earth holds dear. My belov ed father and mother, my darling broth- 
ers, my controller and his daughters, my holy brethren’ that ‘suffered with 
me éarthly, and laid down their lives: even as I did in order that God could 
ve acknowledged by his children, and that they could declare his ever pres- 
ence without fear of the battle- “Axe, javelin, spear or ‘the: cross, cannot b 


held before ‘them for shouting Glory to God, Thou, art ‘here even nin, our 
midst, and the holy revelations from thy children of light gan b be é received 
and seattered like God's electric breath all over earth’s bosom ; ;, ; that they 
can all be bathed in the holy fountain of trath ; : that they can be cleansed 
from the damning influence of anointed priests and heathen bigots that, 
has held earth’s inhabitants chained and bound for countless. ages. “Change 
after change will come over e earth, bearing humanity: higher. and still higher 
in the scale of happiness, until they’ shall all exclaim, God is here ! ur Then 
God’s holy angels bi ‘ight can dwell beside God’s holy ¢ children even as t ley 
dwell. together on the bright orb of light—the morning ; star—that has been 
my home for many ages, ‘and will be again as soon as ‘these records ¢ can be 
finished and give en into the hands of the heretics. I long to “go back. again, 
to that home of rest and enjoy God’s wonders there. Hills and valleys and 
pearly streams are around that home where I have heen. Bape cab ny ish! 
May I ascribe myself as the author of this work, and ‘inscribe my own, 


name, Jes us of Nazareth, the first born of Joseph and May. OKC TTR 


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CHAPTER 1, a feo Oe ee ae 


“LIFE OF ‘JESUS. 


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“My father’s oak must ibe called tbe blood of Abr aham through Holland’s 
Kings even to Judea’s worthy King David, The genealogy must be given 
from David in order that God’s children can feel that Joseph is a worthy 
man. David’s fourth son, Stephen, gave all he had for declaring Ged. He 
left behind him four children. Zachariah was his first-born ; he died from 
suffocation, because he declared God’s love. He had one boy ; that boy’s 
name was Timothy. .He was ‘a’ captain ‘in the army of Judea; he was 
sent out against the Hivites and was slain; he left, three children, all boys. 
The youngest was named Hurz ; his death was from drunkenness. Eight- 
een children God gaye, to,his ;, his, fourth, boy was; Joseph’s great grand- 
father ; he had five children, all boys, the, youngest was Jessie’s father; he 
had eleven children, Jessie; was.the tenth. Jessie, lived by carpentering all 
of his days 5, ; he died when Joseph was one yeariand avhalf) old». When he 
was fourteen, years old, he learned the carpenter's trade. . His: mother was 
feeble. and Joseph dwelt, with her, except whenihe was\away at his day’s 
labor. W hen Joseph: was eighteen. years old, he became.a Bree! Mason ; 
he looked upon that. order witha holy reverence until: his: mother’ 3 death. 
He had returned from, his, labor, and ere he; entered’ his mother’s home he 
was accosted by a brother Mason, thus: ‘Brother, I have brought you this 
lamb from, Italy ; you know its meaning; hold it in your bosom as the ° last 
gift of a dy ‘ing brother .’; Josephj caught the. idea;and answered, “I will 
hold it in. my bosom foreyer, eternal and forever, asia gift from thee.” He 
oak: the lamb i in his. arms, and bore it,into’ the house; his mother ‘breathed 
deep as he en tered, and, Joseph knew she..was, dying. | She reached out her’ 
hand to her hoy,and said “I shall, soon be with your father ;: have You any 
message for hime 7? Joseph. replied,.‘‘God’s love endureth forever, eternal 
and forey er. His mother fell back upon her pillow and breathed’no more. 
Joseph. fell. upon, his Knees, and said, “Holy, eternal God, forgive me for de- 
scribing this emblem to my) mother, but she will bearsthis message to my 
father, and, they. rill be.united forever, in.,God’s bosom.” »He buried his 
mother beside, his father, and, then) went to Judeafor work. Seven years’ 
he labored i in that country, ;, then, he had a call to:go to Jerusalem, to’ erect 
a building for ‘Caiphas, the high priest.: Ashe was) returning: trom’ labor, 
he saw Mary for,the first time, bearmg a gourd /ofimilk to her mother’s 
home, He called to the door, and said “can you give me.a drink of water?” 


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Mary caught the cup and hastened away tothe spring, and brought it fresh 
and full for him to drink. As he handed back the cup he exclaimed “how 
beautiful!” “Mary answered, “yes, it is fresh from the boiling spring.” He 
remained but a few moments; but day by day he was sure to call for his 
cup of water. Mary was sure to bring it to him each day fresh from the 
spring. After a time he asked the mother for her daughter in marriage. 
She bowed her head and said, “God’s a! be done, a fearful destiny awaits 
her and you, Joseph, it you marry her ;” then she related to kim Bie proph- 
ecy that had been giyen.years before by Zadock, the seer. . 


CHAPTER II. 
THE SEER DESCRIBING MARY’S DESTINY. 


Mary was in her fourteenth year when she espied a beggar sitting by the 
wayside. She approached him and said, “good father may I bring you 
some food?” He answered, “I am filled with God’s food, even now. 
Come, angel, let. me read your destiny.” He reached out his hand, and 
she lay her palm in his. He then began: “Bright and joyous are thy 
childhood days, filled with peace and plenty, but you will marry in your 
eighteenth year.» Your husband is even now in Judea; he is a carpenter 
by trade, rather:tall, comely, hair dark brown, eyes hazel, There comes 
before. me a beautiful boy, your first-born ; ‘his hair is light and wavy, his 

eyes are like the ether blue, fair in every feature ; child, he looks like you. 
Then another boy, exactly like the father, strong’ and hardy, good and hon- 
est.. The children number five. One little bud drops from your bosom 

and breathes not his mother’s name; the third boy is a feeble ehild, but 
like'\an angel bright. . Holy God,” he said, “he loses a leg in his third 
year.” Then he looked.again ; “beautiful thy fourth one, and his hair hangs 

in golden curls falling .upom his shoulder, but in his fourteenth year he dies © 
by the battle axe ;” thenihe held his breath. Then he spoke again and said. 
“all of your family are doomed to’ die’ by the ¢ruel oppression of heathen 

bigots.” . He ceased. to ‘breathe’ for a time. Mary thought he was dying ; 5 
she ran for water, butere she returned he opened his eyes and looked about 
like one filled with fear, “Can you go on?” Mary said, “Iam strong now, 
I. would know all.” He said; “bitter is your cap, but you will drink it to 

the dregs.” Your third-born will be devoured by wild beasts ; I see them. 
even now tearing his: flesh from his bones. |Your second-born will be 
bound and be beaten to.death with clubs and stones.” Here he stopped 

again, unable to gazeiinto the future and live. Mary handed him the cup : 


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he drank freely 5 then she bathed his hands and his temples, and he went on 
again <) “Your ‘husband: will die by starvation in acave.. But Holy God 
assist:me, I see your: first-born hanging upon a cress\in his thirty-fourth, 
years 1 see him, even now, before me, writhing in agony, and youp daughter, 
a poor, bruised lamb, dragged about by her hair, even from the foot of the 


cross: Hveu while I gaze, I beheld a sight that: causes me.to exclaim God 


be praised, it is finished ; am angel bright ‘holds the spirit, folds him to her 
bosom, and passes out of sight, and you, Mary, wandering abeut: not know- 
ing whither to go 3 friends will feed) you, but before the end of the coming 
season Isee two-angels bright come and: bear you away beyond Ged’s ether 
blue -to, the bosem ef your husband, surreunded by yourchildren. Many, 
many ages will pass away and you will all dwell together in that house of 
God’s. children, ‘but earth’ will demand your presence again in God’s own 
time|to finish up what has been begun by the death of your family.” Here 
the old Prophet fell back: dead ; then Mary hastened home to her mother 
and told her all; she burst into tearsand sard, “I believe all he told me.” 


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CHAPTER Til. 
SOSEPH’S LOVE FOR MARY. 


Joseph listened until his heart was so filled with anguish that he arose to 
his feet and walked the foors then he said, “I feel God’s hand is upon us, 
but let me assist Mary in he: destiny, is all Task.” The mother answered, 
“God doeth all things well for those that put their trust ia him.” © Mary 
said, ‘if it please God, Josaph shall be my husband.” Joseph, Mary, and 
the mother, Lazarus’ and Martha, all went to an annointed priest together, 
and they were married even that day. Joseph built an addition to the house 
of Mary’s mother, where they all dwelt together, Joseph’s heart was filled 
with adoration for his beautiful wife, and Mary’s love for her husband knew 
no bounds. A’holier and'a happier couple were never united on earth. 
Lazarus was feeble, and Mary’s mother was getting old.’ Joseph and Mary 
cared for the home, while Martha went’ out to day’s labor and returned each 
night. Joseph labored ‘constantly; he was a good ‘workman, and many 
sought to employ him. ‘The family loved Joseph even'as their own ; they 
knelt and prayed night and morning, and when Mary become pregnant they 
all blessed’ God, feeling his ‘hand might be stayed frem destroying 
Mary’s children until they should all live out their natural lives. The con- 
dition of Mary in due time wasmade known, and all of ‘the families brought 
in their little gifts as was the custom of that day. Eight months and a half 

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passed away, and Joseph fell into a deep'sleep..! He saw an! angel beside! 
him. She isaid, “arise: Joseph, take Mary) flée into a land of safety,ielse: 
Herod will destroy your-boy. before he is;three thonths old:? « Joséphawokey 
from his slumber, andsaid, “arise: Mary, the'angel of :\God. has warned) me 
to flee even in'this hour lest: our child be) cut off.”. Mary answered; *Joseph;: 
I. seensher now) standing beside you, let us»depart-ere:it is too late.’ Dark 
and stormy was the might ‘they started on 'foot:tonflee the persecution of the 
wicked King... They journeyed toward Egypt; hoping'to reach there before 
Mary -gave birth to: her’ child. Dwelve!weary-days and cheerless nights 
passed. alway. Sometimes they could: get lodgings ‘among the :poor herds= 
men, | but. that night they! found no place to give themishelter:| olt was Jate 
in the night'when Joseph espied!aslight afar off. . “et ug hasten for ward,” 
said Joseph, “there: I) cam: make 'yourcomfortable: with shelter and food.” 
But they were fearfully disappointed! when they called and got ‘answer from 
the inn keeper that the house was filled:with strangers.» But«when he saw’ 
Mary his heart softened-and he said, “my:oxen areiaway, you: can be»¢om- 
fortable in the barn.” Joseph asked for a lamp fiiled with oil. He then 
led Mary into the barn and prepared a bed for her in the manger where the 
oxen fed. As Mary entered the barn a light fell over her ; she exclaimed, 
“an angel is here; Joseph just look at her!” Mary lay down, but not to 
sleep ; she knew her hour had come. She called Joseph to her and said, 
“who is this angel?’ Cannot you discern her?” sone said “he could not » 
see her,” but Mary said, “she is, light all over, The angel knelt beside 

Mary and folded her to her bosom ane said, “J am God’s child; I have 

been sent to care for -you'and lyour babe; he: will live to fillithe earth: with 

God’s knowledgeé.; I shall care for him even to his death.” Mary’s heart 

beat) for she! i knew that ‘that child would-be hung: upon the cross not long 

after he was'born,, but ere Joseph could look upon him hie fell asleep. ',Jo-". 
seph Jay the! babée,on Mary’s bosom, thencovered!them both over wath his» 
blanket..; They both slept together); the night wore away; but ere»morning 

dawneéd.a loud rap |was heard at the.door.' Joseph asked; “twho is there)?/7. 
He got. answer, ‘four, shepherds, from, the country 3)we have come; to/the, 
feast that. is,to be held here'this\ day in memory of the Jacobites being led 

out-of Egypt.” Joseph. answered,,.“my. wife-has.a new-born babe « ifyou: 
will be quiet you can ‘come, in and.rest.”),,, They, all went in; and when, they 

saw Mary. sleeping, with.‘bet babedn her bosom; they all pelcpdbaaat in one 

voice, “they look! like angels, they are covered. with light all over.)?, Mary 

awoke. and was filled. with, fear, feeling they had: come to! destroy, bite child... 
She gathered him, still! closer to, ber bosom and exclaimed, “child of, the liv- 

ing God care der, my, babe.” . They all exclaimed, “fear not,angel of light, 

we are but humble! shepherds 'that-hayé come: te the feast.”) “They jall knelt 
down and prayed ;that God, would spareythe mother and child, 5 then they. 
all. lay down and rested until morning dawn. .. Before they departed they: 


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all. knelt againe and’ thanked their Father, Giod; for oiving them a shelter 
fromthe '¢old winds that'swept’by.! Then they*added, “Holy God we’ praise 
thee’ for ‘sheltering these bruised lambs fromthe storm.” They all gazed 
upon’ the! child’ssone among theny saw a bright lieht resting over his head. 
Even then! Mary gazed into the futtire } ‘shé saw her boy nailed ‘to the eross, 
and the same spirit ‘that had knelt besidé “her, folded her arms about him. 
Mary gained: fast: "The nextday following Jésephibore her to the inn, 
where they were made comfortable until her babe ‘was ten days old.’ Then 
Joseph took ‘the ‘babe in his arms, and’ Mary walked beside ‘him, and they 
set ‘out ‘on their journey tothe mountaing of Helém. ' Joséph had friends 
there';/he knew? they would’ give ‘Maty a’ shelter until/hé could build fér 
himself‘a home.’ They reached\ the home . ie si friend after eiglit 
a — me all found ‘gngeine 


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JOSEPH ESTABLISHES HIS FAMILY pM HIS MOUNTAIN HOME, 


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Joseph worked aunigentty felling’ trees and hewing out boards, and at the 
end of two weeks he had‘a good comfortable home.” “Maiy took her babe 
in hér atts ‘and’ entered that home with a beating heart j in declaring that 
God had’ blest her in giving her that good hasband and beautiful boy. “Her 
health “was'! ‘good and ‘she mide‘her little home joyous because she knew 
her’ child’s life was in ‘danger among her people, but here he was freed from 
Herod's spies, which were annointed priests and’ confessors. Joseph gazed 
upon Mary with delight Bebause she was fair as the lily, and the sweet lit- 
tle babe that nestled: ih hér bosom caused him to exclaim, “Holy God has 
_ blest me more than thé rest of ‘his ¢hildren.” Hetod died after two years, 
but ere that time Mary had’ born another edly boy to bless his father and 
mother. . 

James must ‘be described © ‘He was like’ the father, but fair in feature, 

a strong boy, and Joseph received him a$ a blessing from’ his Father, God. 
He lay the babe in Mary’s bosom, then knélt and prayed out his’ soul’s ado- 
ration to his Creator for his many blessings. After Joseph had finished his 
house he used to go to the lowlands for work, but come home every eight 
days, bringing | lis barley meal and sometimes a piece of beef or venison— 
always bringing something home for Mary and myself, if nothing but sweet 
grapes ‘that gr ew in the lowlands $ he would also“exchangé'‘a portion of ‘his 

barley meal for damels hair, which Mary would braid ‘into garments, being 
all’ they had ~ ‘to weir but bueksking, which was also’made into garments. 


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His day’s, wages was one peck of barley meal, James. grew finely. | Jo- 
seph was delighted with his family, but I wasa poor frail thing that could 
not stand upon my feet.. Mary. eared for us. both, even as we were both of 
one age. Ere. one. year, and a half more had passed away, our, home: was 
blessed again , with, another darling boy, feeble from birth, light and fair ; 
his, hair clustered. in, golden curls.all over'his head ; in feature he resem- 
bled both father, and. mother... His name was Jessie ; he was named for — 
Joseph’s father; his name.was Jessie... In Jessie’s third year he grew more 
feeble, and when. he, was three years and. a half old, his Jeg was eut off. 
Joseph had been gone into, the lowlands, two weeks. Mary feared for his 
safety, and in.prayer asked God to, reveal. to her if Joseph was living or 
dead. Iwas looking earnestly at Mary ; Isaw a light form enter our 
house ; she approached Mary and folded her to her, bosom.|/1 beard a voice, 
Sweet and clear, say, “Joseph will be back to-morrow eve, and he will 
bring Martha. They are on their way even now.” She then approached 
me ; she reached out her hand and f laid my palm in hers and fell asleep. 
When I awoke I saw her there still. I began to ery because I saw a 
fiend. I thought it was some wicked creature come to bear her away ; 
he was a black, fierce looking creature ; Ethought he was clothed in mortal 
flesh, as I had never seen a spirit before the bright angel entered our house. 
The child of God approached him and said, “begone, thou hell’s damned, 
or I will dash you. to atoms with the help of Almighty God.” Her hand 
was raised, and with one breath he crumb! led to atoms, even while I was ga- 
zing upon him. As she used this expression let God control forever, she 
turned away from where he bad stood and came near me again, knelt down 
beside me, raised one hand over my head, and in a sweet, gentle breath [ 
heard her say, “Holy, Creator, God, care for this frail flower, that be may 
begin a work for humanity.” She then. left us, as I was then three years 
and a half old ; but, sure enough Joseph and Martha did come as the day 
following was,.closing in. Glad hearts were.in that humble home ; 3 they 
knelt in prayer befure their God. This was. the first time Mary had seen 
Martha after that fearful night tnat they parted in their home when Joseph 
and Mary were fleeing to save their unborn babe, as Herod bad issued : a 
decree that all male children should be, eut off under two years « old. ey 
prophecy had been revealed to one of the herdsmen even while he was tend- 
ing his flocks, that one should be born that would rule over Israel. Vhe 
King’s. confessor heard it and hastened away to the King. When he heard 
it, he was filled with hate and fear. He called the priesthood together ; ; 
they decided that Herod's safety alone, depended on having all the male 
children, cut off... Herod had been dronk all that uy and his. rage knew no 
bounds, and he shouted, “begin your work even now.’ The priests and con, " 
fessors did begin their work, and in eight days they had destroyed two thor “1 
sand eight hundred.and seven. It was after this slaughter that Joseph hud 


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the dream that he must depart even that hour. | That night after: Mary left 
her home, the poor mother exclaimed, **God’s hand is already laid upon my 
poor child ;”, then she lay back upon her bed and breathed no more. But 
when these sisters met again they embraced each other over and over again, 
recounting to each other the changes: they had passed through since that 
night. Our humble home was filled with angels bright; I could discern’ 
them clearly for the first time. I saw Joseph’s father and mother, and 
Martha’s mother walked in beside her as she entered the door. Here 
Martha exclaimed over and over again, “dear Mary, how God h s blest 
you in giving you these beautiful children.” Many days Martha remained 
with Mary ‘in order that she could assist in caring for Jessie, as he grew 
more and more feeble every ; also to prepare clothes for the children. Jo- 
seph had gone to the lowlands again. I would sit by Martha and straighten 
the camels’ hair for her to braid. One day as I was sitting I saw the same 
bright form enter. our home... I, cried) out, “Mary, she has come, she has 
_ come.” Martha said, “who has.come ?” I said, ‘God's child; she has in 
her hand a green herb; here I reached out my hand for it, she breathed 
-upon, me and I fell, asleep ;'then she explained to Mary that she must go 
‘upon the hillside and gather that herb, describing it,to her just as it was, 
give itto him fordrink, and bathe the knee, because inflammation is already 
there. The limb must be taken off, and unless the body is strengthened up 
he cannot possibly endure it...,She added, “God cannot;let,him die yet, be- 
cause his work is not done.” Mary. gathered. the herb, Jessie became 
stronger in body, but the knee.became more and more afflicted... Kight 
months passed away, and Martha felt if she must go back to her brother 
Lazarus—he had been left alone while she was away... Now the time had 
come that Jessie’s leg must be taken off, and Martha felt. if, she could bear 
him away. with her to Jerusalem ;.it could be done far better tl.an im the 
mountains. There was a. confessor|that, amputated limbs, and they would 
be compelled to call his. aid.,, Now Martha prepared for, her journey ; she 
folded. Jessie ina blanket, ak him.in her arms and made her, way down 
the mountains, and at night folded him in her bosom in a herdsman’s home. 
Eight weary days she journeyed/onward, ere she reached the great road 
leading to Jerusalem. No one had sought to molest) her until she was near- 
ing her home. _ As she sat down by. the wayside to rest, a confessor accosted 
her thus: “Cannot I carry the baby for you?” and at the same time reached 
out his hand., An influence caught Martha in an instant; she exclaimed, 
“dare. not touch this child, he belongs to Almighty God, and if you dare 
touch him your hand will wither... He answered, “begone, thou heretic, 
- I will see to this, if you are going round the country, carrying children to 
_ -tlectrify people.” After he was. gone, Martha saw a bright form beside 
cer. She said, “Who art thou, angel of light?” She got answer, “I am 
| “God’s child, come to,save youjin your hour of need. . Farewell, Martha, I 


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will now ‘hasten back to my friends in: the mountains that lone to! hear from 
you . and |, their dear boy.” At ‘this ‘hour *Joseph“was inthe house 
as the spirit ,entereds | oI. saidj.“Motlier,« look, ‘she ‘has! come ‘again 5 
how. is, Martha and Jessie??”) She said, “they are safe in thei home ;' I 
left, them. as they ‘were entering ‘there,’ I told the —— biti she: pie 
arth ih eg? “God be: (uantind nr are: safe.” LOOT “TN 


Pe Fekete Ss EES BEING AMPUTATED BY, A CONFESSOR. . ~ 
Tetius. now’go back into the walls of Jerugalem—here is Lazarus, Mar- 
tha and Jessie: Lazarus received the boy in his arms and shouted, “Glory 
to’ God,’ here is my dear sister Martha, and she has broaght an‘ angel with 
her.” When’ it! was’ known ‘that Martha had returned, all of the Hebrew 
families “about. gathered in’ to'see her and make inquiry cotiterning Joseph, 
Mary, and their family. They all knelt‘and- prayed, and the’ glory of God 
filléd ‘that’ house ‘ere they’ lay down to rest!” After they hid rested for a 
few days, Martha’ said to Lazarus, “Jessie’s “leg mist be taken’ off because | 
it'is te dark.” | Lazarus answered, '“I know one, and F will seek him, 
even now.” He went out ard ‘soon returned, bringing: with bin the’ one 
that was to cut off the leg: ‘Martha’said, “how many pieces of’ silver shall 
I give'you to free the boy from that afflicted limb.” “He looked’ at hith ‘and’ 
said, “he will® die’ and I’ shall'get nothing, but T’must: ‘havé fifty pieces of 
silver.” Martha‘ said, “his “paretits ‘are: poor, can’t you ‘do’ it for half’ that 
sum?” He said, “I will do'it for one halt of that sum ; ‘IE att sure ‘He’ will 
die, he is stich a’feeble thing. If he is ‘a heretic; as’ (hint he’ is, then let. 
him  dié, ‘but’it must be cut’ off, even this hour, élseé it will be too late.” . 
Then he began his work.’ They: laid him “on his ‘little bed, Lazarus held’ 
him, and Martha’ tried to’soothé him. ‘Martha’ saw the angel that met her 
by the roadside’ enter ‘Het house ; ‘she held in her hand a edblet: of pu re 
sparkling liquid. She bathed Jessie’s temples and sae : she sprinkled the | 
lim, also, from time to Hime iintil the work was done.” He that was remov- | 
ing the limb shuddered all over, ‘and exclaimed, '“Heresy’i is here, I feel its 
chill.” Fhe ‘limb was removed and Martha: carefully’ bandaged it Then 
the confessor exclaimed, “sive me the silver 5 -' damn the heretic, ‘let him 
die, Tam half frozen to death sitting here.” Martha saw ‘the angel of light 
sprinkle ‘that ‘clear, sparkling liquid all over him. He fled ‘then, and never 
returned to see if the boy ‘was'‘dead or alive.’ Martha’s ood ear e, and 
Lazarus’s good ‘advice, was all’ that was needed to bring back the flush to 


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his cheek, and life to the eye. Joseph was, sitting; by his fine at night, and 
Isaw our .guerdian. angel, enter.there. ,She breathed, upon me and con- 


trolled. me, then, delivered a.message from Martha to my father and mother, 
dike this; “Holy God, has saved your child from death ; now, Joseph, make 


a journey to Jerusalem, work awaits you there ;, not many months will pass 
away ere you will come and bear all of your family back to Mary’s child- 


-hood home.” She then breathed ,out of, me, and, she eame not back.to us 


again for two. years... Joseph did go back to Jerusalem and there found 
work. Mary. was. lett.alone with her little children ;, months passed away, 
and Joseph did not return. At) last. a beggar made,his way high into the 
mountains, and he told Mary he had: seen Joseph about, one.month before, 
and he was. coming back. for his family. , Not many days after, Joseph 


reached his home with a glad heart... He , told, Mary, about Jessie’s health 
being so much better, and he made an expression like this : 


He is like a lily fair, 

Diamonds glisten beneath’ his hair, 

He is like:a:dew drop: sweet, 

In Martha’s arms when he falls asleep. 


' I asked Joseph if the angel came to see Jessie. When he was sick an 
angel bright held him from death, and when he is weary she hushes him to 


sleep. I answered, “how I.wish she would come here again, I am so lone- 
some” Joseph said, “she is going away, her father came for her and said 


“they should be gone and a year and a half, which would be two years from 
the time she left the monntain home in company with Martha.” Mary an- 
4 swered, “how good God is to give us such a bright angel to care for the 
little children, and ‘I think she has been a great comfort to Lazarus and 
~ Martha, as well as our dear Jessie.” Joseph said, “we are going back to 


Jerusalem, and, we must start at early dawn.” Mary baked the barley loaf, 


and we begun our journey. Joseph took me in his arms, as Ja had no use of 


my legs and feet. I was now six years and two © months old. Mary led 
James and carried the barley bread. 

Thus we begun our journey, and all day we were climbing down the 
mountains, but as night eloséd in, Mary espied a light. . Joseph said, “@lory 
to God, we can soon lie down to rest, because that is the home of the aged 
seer, Timothy, and, he will shelter us from these cold winds.” I was cry- 
ing bitterly ; my feet and hands. were aching with the cold. Joseph said, 
“have courage, we shall soon find warmth and rest.” Timothy had seen us 
coming from early morn, and he came out to meet us. As soon as he 
reached us he said, “God grant you rest and comfort in my house ; although 


my fare is humble, yet God’s children are welcome to all I have.” All of 


that night the winds blew fearfully, and the weary travelers slept, all but 


myself. I crept from my ‘bed close to where my perents lay, and I saw 
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they! were’ all covered’ over with dléctricity; ‘and T said; ‘Goi’ is:here.’ At 
that “thoment 'T' ‘heard’ 'A ‘sweet voieé sy, “my? father is ‘dying. "\T awoke 
Joseph and | “Mary ‘they ” arose ‘from: their bed,’ ‘and indeed: ‘the aged ‘seer 
was. in the last’ avonies'of death.’ Joseph’ called for a’eup of water, saying, 
‘She is ‘hot dead, but is it’ an ‘electrified condition.” - He may have Sonie mes- 
ipl for bhicmaang & said, “he 3 is dead already 3 seé,' there’ he Stands in the cor- 
“ner “Mary saw him, biit she’ could' not see ‘his angel daughter: standing by 
“the ‘Pattie! | She’ was ‘the’ one I saw and told me to’ awake ‘Joseph even in 
“time 10 Close’! his" eyes’ in ‘death.’ The'remainder ‘of the’ night ‘was passéd 
‘in preparing thé ‘bédy'for ‘butial. © As” there was’ tio’ 6ne butiJdseph to 
“cover thé earth over him, ‘morning’ dawned, and Joseph and Mary’ boré ‘him 
to his earthly bed. (‘A sWéet dhatit' was Heard ‘by us ‘all Whew ‘he ‘was laid 
“in his ‘arrow bed, ‘and’ ‘after: ‘théy “coverédl” hini“over they prepared ‘for’ their 
journey, even asthe’ sun Was’ rising. !'"Phat day they made their wiyté the 
lowlands among the poor herdsmen,.,, In, the eyening we made our way to 
a humble cot, where an,.old,man, dwelt alone, attending a few cattle. His 
beard was grey, his head was’ bald) his garments! were buckskin, his floor 
was clay, and his bed wa8'dried grass. When Wwé ‘entered, he arose to his 
feet. and said, “I knew. you were coming, because God’s child told me so.” 
“Joseph “enquired ¢ concerning. her features, and he described her thus : ; “Her 
hair i is ‘dark and flowing, her eyes are black and holy, her face 1 is ‘ike & a dia- 
“mond bright, and she is light all over.” ‘I said, “Can T' see her } re He 
answered, “No, she has gone, a great way off, but she told | me to say to 
you that she would be back as soon as the flowers had Baan once more 
* “and had faded, then she would come back with her father and 1 remain with 
this family as long as ° you walked the earth.” Mary bowed her head, and 
oe saw tears trickle down, ‘her. cheeks as she replied, cE knew she would 
come ack: and help me bear my burden, which surely avraits me.” eee 
After prayers were ended, a band of angels chanted a hyma. i ‘caught 
+, each | sound and it was like this : ah. pier i na 28 


) i “joat Hae bt Fit 

“Aged pallens ian has last: you, Ge Trey tier dey Eee paren, 

By bringing his children here to-night, vi =f oe 

VOD D4 » Love them ‘Holy 'God) forever: 110 G6 AURIG sf 

oe 1 Eyen, in their: heavenward fight on. 4 tes te See 

jae ae ‘Holy God how are thy children, me RIME ORNS ook ep 

' Wandering forth in!hope:to find oh oil sooz med ow ,bow ot 
_A-home of plenty,,peace and Precer’s : ry 

Within the walls of Jerusalem } 

dgasol. ‘o. Crosses manyiare before them, 9. | at vars ybtediid gan 

___.«s, May they, bear them, if it be thy will, 

ducer May they’ bow'in'meek submission. ’ | 

And eyer,answer,;‘‘peate be still.??0.: liso cou) anh 


The singing ‘ceased, and we all retired to rest. St early d lawn ‘the old 
“man arose, ‘kindled his fire and said, ey am aware you will fall into the 
hands ‘of heathen confessors ere you reach. your homes, bnt may “God” hold 
“you from those accursed fiends ; ; they robbed me of all I hold so dear. I 


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married an angel bright; by her 1 had one-daughter and no more, a gentle | 
and holy thing.) hes she had reached her ‘fourteenth year, a band, of. 3 
eight confessors. came ; they, bespoiled my, home, drag ged away my. wife 
and, daughter, and, I never. saw | them more, but I found. their decaying 
bodies, left exposed din, the open ail, and I shuddered at the sight, Ls saw. i 


‘When, I first. awoke this morning , Lsaw a ‘band of confessors, approach you 


in ;your, journey,, but ul, did not, see them, lay their hands upon you, yet. is 
have Such a fear of them 5 ; their. touch, i is pollution, their pollution i is death,’ er 
After » he. ceased, to speak,. we. all knelt i in prayer, ‘partook of. our barley, 
bread, and began our journey again. That day. we reached Canaan’ s bor-. 
ders; happy, was Mary to; find a friend where she asked a hight’s rest, 
and. whom. she, had not seen, for many, years, She had four "beautiful, 
daughters, ) while, ‘Mary’s were al boys. I heard my mother say, “how, uy 
wish I hada daughter to bless me.” eh said, “can’t God give you a, daugh- 
ter, Mary, just.as, wellas he can your. friend { ra She answered, “God gave 
me boys, I will praise: him. forever.” iy ae Sy , ? 

Our evening meak was prepared—oat meal gruel, dried. Beet anne 4 ‘cup, 
of cold water, The. time ,came for us to depart, and Mary bade her friend 
adieu, and; she never saw, her after. Ten days we were in making our way 
to Jerusalem, but, before we reached there, we were accosted by a band of , 
confessors ; i, they halted in the road before “US, and said, “heretics, where are. 
you going ¢ rf _ Joseph answered, «my. boy has a weak back, and we are go~ 
ing 1 to derusalem to see, what can be dong for him.” One said, “give him to 
me, I will cure him before your eyes.” ,, Mary. screamed ; ‘Joseph was elec: . 
trified, all over and shouted, “‘begone you. damned, or I will crush you before. 
your, comrades.” .He turned to the band and said, “shall we finish these 
heretics £” . “Leave the damned beggars, 3 we are, in a hurry, lets be gone,” 


Then they all turned their horses and rode off i in another direction, Mary 


sat down, covered her face with her hands,. and said, “may. I call God's child, 
to, comfort, | us,” _ Joseph answered, “she cannot, come until the flowers come 
once more and wither.” ‘They, hastened forward fearing they should be 
followed by... those. fiends. . The hour did come -when we entered Martha’ s j 
home, and.a more joyous, meeting could not be.. Jessie was delighted to see. 
us all, and his: little heart beat when Joseph sat me down close to him, and 
when I looked and found his leg was gone, I burst into tears. _ He was sit 
ting in Lazarus’ lap ; ; 1 reached out my hand and tg kissed it and said, 
“dear brother Jesus, how glad Tam you have come.’ Joseph said, “God 
has spared our dear Jessie, and we will praise him forever.” Mary said, 
“Amen, God have the glory.” Martha prepared the barley bread, and we 
all sat down in the home where Joseph and Mary had been made so happy, 
and that home which they were compelled to leave in order that I could 
be spared until God’s own time, that man might know there was but one 
God and one God only. That night Lazarus made the prayer, and the 


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house was filléd’ with angels pright. T saw ¢ them’ everywhere." ‘Mary’ a 
mother drew near me ; she ‘breathed upon me and said, “I have been in 
trouble: ever since you started, lest harm should befall you ; now, wélcome | 
home, dear children, rest all you can, for the time will come when you! ‘will 
be driven again into the mountains.” They all lay down to rest, but still” 
the home was filled with bright forms. I called’ ‘and called again for Gods’ 

child, but got no answer. I fell asleep, hoping she would be there'in Nhe" 
morning. ~ The next day many hearts were made glad by Mary’ 8 presence 5 5 
all of the neighbors gathered in to see Mary once more in the home of ‘her’ 
childhood. Joseph began his labor as soon as he was rested, ‘and the family 
were blest together. Days passed away, and I was a poor helpless thing. © 

Flowers bloomed and faded. I crept ‘to the door and saw the leaves Wwith-’ 
ering with a glad heart. I called Mary and said, “see here, this flower is 
fading, don’t you think God’s child will come now! ? ‘T did know she’ would” 
come back, and each drooping leaf gave me joy.” Mary answered, “God 
grant her coming, I long to see her in my ysis again.” Then I said, ‘has’ 
Joseph asked God if he would let her come.” “In God’s Own due time all 
will be well,” said Mary. ‘Days passed away, and as I crept into the house’ 
as the sun was setting, I saw our guardian’ angel knééling’ beside Jessie and 
bathing his limb with her cool electric hand. She drew near me and I laid 
my hand in hers as she exclaimed, “darling boy, I will never again leave 
you while you walk the earth, if it be my Heavenly Father’s will. ‘I have 
come to care for you and ihe childrén, and comfort dear Mary, for the cup 
is bitter that As prepared | for you all, and you will have to drink it’to the 
dregs.” “Mary” came in and’ saw her, and said, “angel of light, welcome to 
our fee es and our hearts,” then she breathed a prayer ; it was like this’: 
“Holy God, leave thy child in my home as long as I live i in mortal form, 
and we shall all be blest by her holy presence, becanse she is one of God’s 

family.” “The angel answered, “amen, my mission is ‘with you to the end, 

and my father will be here after many days.” ‘The chills of winter ‘passed 
away, spring came, the family were all kneeling in prayer when Leiah en- 
tered our home and exclaimed, “God has again held you from death.” I 
saw a band of anointed priests, and I feared they would enter here. iq 
dashed an electric flash upon their leader ; as he felt the ‘shock he’ fell back’ 
and exclaimed, “the damned heretics are here, let us 80, I feel their chill, 

and if they are not cut off they wil aia us all. at matsih, sak gene 


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CHAPTER VI. 
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Leiah Tpaiadinaay with us for a whole year without leaving uy at all. He 
controlled’ me daily, gave me much knowledge of the past ages—for two 
hundred and fifty-five thousand years. He had marked'the changes of all 
thé nations of the earth—not one kingdom but had felt his power, because 
he had controlled even among the heathen, and declared’one God Hes one 
God only. | 

“Now he knew there must be a human sacrifice in order to establish the 
truths hé had sought to establish among men. His holy boy, as he called 
him, was ‘a fit subject, because hé was all good. Humanity demanded and 
they must be appeased.’ He was a holy thing, and he must die in order to 
establish ‘truths “here on earth and prepare the way for light to reach the 
human mind, that had been held by the dark devices of heathen idolatrous 
worshippers, in the form of priests and confessors, that destroyed the fairest 
earth flowers, and damned the inhabitants of every clime. 

Day after day he’ would control, giving light to the heretics that asked for. 
knowledge. He declared to them that he was determined to bear me along 
until the fulfilling of the prophecy, breathed by Zadock, the seer. . Dhad 
grown in body, but I had not strength enough in'my limbs to support my 
weight. One-day Martha held me up by my arms. I’saw God’s child 
holding her hands on my back, and she said, “stand firm, my darling boy, 
Iwill help you.” I'' tried as hard as I could, but my limbs would bend be-' 
neath my weight. Leiah controlled me even then, and caused me to run 
across the floor and back again. Joseph came in at that time and exclaimed, 
“look, Mary, hé is like an angel, his feet hardly touch the floor, he has been 
better ever since he was controlled ; who knows but he may walk in God’s 
own time ?? ‘Mary caught the idea that I was electrified, and calmly an- 
swered, “Joseph, God is here, and our boy will surely walk.” Martha 
took me and lay me on my bed, being entirely exhausted.” I fell asleep; I 
dreamed I was walking all about the door, gathering flowers, and when I 
awoke I made ‘the attempt, but my limbs bent beneath me; the influence 
came over me agrin and I could walk as easy as if I had always been 
strong. In this manner I continued three months; my limbs grew strong 
enough to enable -me to walk a little all alone, but the hour did come when 
it was around the country that there was a child that healed the sick ; many 
came, and’ my controller breathed upon them, and they would be healed ; 
he “would prescribe herbs for them to drink;:in order that their blood 
should’ be’ cleansed, that’ they could live and be happy. The priests heard. 
that a heretic was healing the sick and they issued a decree that all that had 


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been healed should die, and the Hebrew boy should be beheaded the next 
day in the great square, that all could deride him that chose. Leiah con- 
trolled Martha, and said, “bear away that boy, even in this hour ; let noth- 
ing hinder you from making your:way againjinto they mountains ; his life is - 
of more value than all the rest of you together.” Joseph took me by the 
hand, as{I could walk, quite well... Twas then eight years,and eleyen months 
old.) -All_.that, night.I) kept.pace ) with shim, but as,morning dawned ;{,fell.,, 
back, losing. all of my, strength: .In an, instant, Joseph caught, me; in, his. 
arms; and, we reached the,berder country of, Cana_ere, the night closed in. ij 
As hé,bore me.inajhumble, tent there, he looked around. ,and_said,, ‘O death, 
what hast thou done ?? The inmates were all gone, but blood was every- 
where. '' Joseph: left ihat house, but,as,he turned bis gaze, once, more ‘toward 
that house of desolation, ‘he exclaimed, “‘priests,.and confessors, have been, 
there and, destroyed my, friends.” They were friends that, had. given him and , 
Mary) shelter’ when they, were (fleeing Herod’s; kingdom for the safety of, 
their unbora,child. «The, familyhad. consisted,.of, father, mother,. four. beau-., 
tifulbdaughters, and one son... \They had alk been cut, off.in-one night,; father , 
and son shad been. beheaded, and the females had, all been, crushed by, hell’s 
damned in priestly robes. , Joseph bowed, his head and. said, . “Holy, verb 
shield) my family >from those fiends of: darkness, and L,will praise, thee for- 
ever.?: »' The journey was long; 1 was feeble, but daily, I, was controlled and; 
borne! along on foot... Joseph could hardly. keep pace with me; .» He;would,, 
say, “boy, your feet y hardly. touch the, ground.” ?.. When we reached our, 
home, I) was,entirely exhausted. , J fell ina deep. sleep. which lasted four,, 
days'and four nights. By that time. the family had all. reached their home. ; 
Mary bent over me and exclaimed, “our, boy,is dead, our:boy is. dead.” Jo-} 
seph drew near and, said, “Mary he sleeps; he ill awake soon,. because, 
before he fell asleep, he| Bales “7 shall sleep four, day. s, and, then, God’ s child, 
will come andiawake me.”.,; He. did. awake | i, about,an. pouty Ang ARRY 
they were againin; their hamble heme ; Hallo sel Pepe ER 
The same night that Joseph,fled with me, the ‘ede all saga but ve pe 
journey was! slows) because Lazarus fwas feeble,and, Martha had.to jcarry, . 
Jessie i her arms..|); Mary would:take him now and,then. in order that, Mar-., 
‘tha could rest, but Martha was strong and hardy, andishe bore her burden), 
with holy love, but not without.fear.. They, prepared,,their barley bread, 
again, and! as. they gathered aroutid the board I awoke and said, “let God. 
control vin’ ‘this: house heteafters:and forever.”, |Joese ph answeredy “ amen;» 
glory to(God, our! boy-lives)and;speaks again,injour maidst.”|( ‘Katy? said,a. 
gentle voice oclose! beside mej “bring.a cup iof .water and,a,piece of bread.” 
The! water rétreshedine,iand thedbread blest me.) After,a little, Larose tomy. 
feet, went tothe door looking outi upon theshigh crags arognd me. LE thought; 
it was themast beautifal place L had-evdr seen, | As,,k gazed jupon athigh 
cliff I saw a female: gathering flowers there.,/.1, thought how wonderful One » 


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‘should ‘climb 'so’ highon that moutitain brow, as T had never seen any one 
there before. Her garments were ‘light’ and flowing, héer hair was loose, 
hanging over her shoulders.’ As I gazed, another form ‘approached her,’ he 
held out ‘his hand’; ‘she laid her palm in his and they began’ to descend the 
‘mountain. vOe held my breath) fearing they would be dashed ‘to pieces, but 
on’ and: “on they. came, gliding down the rocky steep. T lost sight of them 
“but for’almoment, then they both stood before ine—Leiah and his daughter. 
‘She held in’ her ‘hand’ fresh flowers gathered from the mountain peak’; as 
‘she’ held’ them toward’ me, ‘she/baid, “dear’ brother, ‘J gathered them for you.” 
Holy’ they were'to me; as I held them in'my hand I felt God had’ breathed 
upon them full® of holy ‘aroma: They? filled!'me' full of God’s love. “I 
earried them in to Mary, saying, “see what God’s child gave me ; I saw 
her gather them with her own hand.” ‘These two angels lingered near un- 
til Joseph came home, and then my controller breathed upon Jessie ; he — 
fell asleep, and this was the communication through him :—“The lowlands 
are in great commotion ; hundreds have been slain by the priesthood in or- 
der to cut off all heresy. Lazarus’ house’has been burned down, and noth- 
ing but the ashes are left. Their rage knew no bounds when tney found 
‘the boy Jesus had eseaped them, also’ the | Hebrew’ fainily. | They are now 
‘scouring thé country in order’ to’ bring’ them back, that they: may:be put to 
death'on the great ‘square, ‘to ‘show that‘all heretics should be madeto ac- 
‘knowledge! ‘the priesthood, ‘and’ all should“ bow°to ‘them before any other 
Jaw/and!their decree should be’ first in council ; their spies are every where, 
and‘in order that my boy shall’be safe’ he must 20! every day into the forest 
“at early dawn atid remain there until the night closes in, but let hin remain 
until’ bring you word ; have him isAripdnied with ‘a orig to mw him 
eomfortabler’: oo) © 
‘) Thréeday¥“had_ ae away, and we had ‘heard: ee from the low- 
‘Jands. ‘Mary began td’ feel that-I could remain “in ‘our home safely, when a 
lightning fash’ had ‘rent’ the cliff, and its fragments were dashing down’ on 
‘all sides of our ‘home?’ ° Mary’ was fearfully ‘frightened ;!Lazarus and Mar- 
“tha held theniselves calm! “T gazed upon thie“ serie, and my soul iwas-filléd 
with holy’ ad6ration'to God for sparing ‘us all) ' “Holy eterfial God,” L said, 
Thou? hast: ‘been ' g60d to-'spare ‘us all while the ‘light#ing “flashed 
above! our héad.”’ As Joseph néated our’home he saw fragments of rocks 
‘everywhere ; he feared we had been destroyed, but/as he entered vur home 
‘he‘shouted, “Holy God; thou art here ; Iwill praise’ thee forever ; my fain- 
ily “are in’ thy * hands,’ and we will hold ourselyés in a condition that thou 
Gaiist' be ‘vlorified through thy children.” Then’ Leiah entered our‘home ; 
he bredthed wpon’ Martha °and said, “our (boy will go‘ into’ the forest’ to- 
morrow at early dawn, and not'return’ until night Closés in, because there is 
‘a confessor lurking around the mountains, hoping to search out the Hebrew 
family ;' and Jésus has’a price set wpon’his headfifty pieces of silver. 


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This, guardian, angel | will. go with him, until, he is made to. feel there is no 
danger; then’ she must go, with me for,a time,’,, I said, “don’t take her 
away. I shall be so lonesome.” I called Mary.,and said,, “Mary, Leiah is 
going to take my angel away’; ask..him. to leave her, with me.” Mary 
said, “Iueiah, God’s child has been. with us for along time, and we should 
be very lonesome without her.” . Leiah. bowed his head and said,; “she, is 
all I have; she is the holiest thing God ever gaye me, but now.I give her 
to you in order that, God may be ia chia through you, my dear hove dude 
Mary in. giving her strength and encouragement, pve les her burden, will 
be heavy and the holy influence of my daughter’ will bless;her. 


CHAPTER. VII. 


Eight days passed. away ere Leiah returned. I was kneeling in prayer 
when he entered our house. He breathed; upon me and controlled me g. An 
an instant bore me away. down the mountain side ;,my feet did not touch 
the ground in many places, and I felt like a feather blown by the |wind... I 
could see all. I passed, but I had no power to stop. All. day we sped along, 
night came, and we halted not.. There was a. great. feast at. Amtioch, and 
we arrived there|the third day andthe third hour, even as they had begun 
to assemble. Leiah relinquished his grasp, and I sat down by the wayside, 
faint and exhausted. I fell back and a beggar come to me and said, “boy, 
are you, dying?” I answered, “give me bread, give :me water.’ He 
brought me water, but bread he had none. I drank .freely ; then I. lay 
there for hours, There came.a poor, despised female : man had cursed her, 
God never. I. breathed, deep, and my controller exclaimed, “give this boy 
bread, or ‘he dies.” . She took from her bundle a piece of bread; she hand- 
ed it toward me, but' I) had no, power to reach for it, and then'she knelt be- 
side, me and said, “poor! boy, he is dying.” Here I breathed deep again 
and said, “crumble it .into,,the,,water, he cannot eat, it dry.” , Then she 
started back and looked at meagain, and said, “Holy, God, this. is,the. holy 
child, Jesus, that healed me when I was'sick,. gave me light when Iwas in 
darkness ; let, me die for him even here.” I answered, “Your dying would 
do me no good, but live.to takecare of this poor body until I can begin. a. work 
for humanity, that God may be,glorifled through his own children.” ; The 
bread and water gave me strength, and I ate all I desired ; then I arose to 
my feet, it being. high noon, and I was controlied on that instant, Leiah 
bore me into the synagogue, beggarly clad, as I was, through the multitude, 


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upon‘the very altar. He heldeme! there one drour/andsa litt Ul 
the Jews: ‘cried ont: against thd beggar, declaring the devi 
cause'‘he ‘was all: coverilight)) ‘Phen the: shout: didse,) “dra 
him! out?) One ‘of the: lay man approached ‘mé and lay) his’) 
then he fell: back entranced. | Aftery a) fewimomentsvhedspi 5 an TeeE 
shouting; “Holy Almighty God isshere,/bécausethe synagogueé:is filled with 
anedls.) | Light: iseveryiwhere’; |Gatcli. its ays, Ooxfe children ‘of darkness 5 
shout! O ye!) childréno/of Antioch) Gdd isihere.? “Ther! the congregation 
shouted: louder ‘than obefore; the deviliis heredillingyus withblight.3.) The 
people ‘began! to °flee s the ‘stood there Still) like aady iof light while I) bad) 
fallen tothe floors, “He'shouted to.them)) to sstop, ‘saying, ‘if: you tbringl:im 
your battle ‘axe; God will curse you forever?» They heededithem not, hut 
brought‘in their magistrate and:his followers. They. sdughtiito:aimya:blow, 
.at him ‘that! was: declaring! Godjibut theyycould:not reach him, » They -bes 
camé so! eléctrified that they: droppddothés buttle: awe and fled} filled: with: 
fear? oAssoomas they had goneéill aroseito)my feetyandancanlinstant-I was) 
folded toothie! bosom of my ‘edardiancaugeland how. shétbonéymeé away front 
there DPneéver knew; but'lietiatewas-eontrolled fell down déad;-even there,: 
when my controller breatlred outvof: himyas Towas afterwirds itold.:/. I found; 
myself sitting beside! abrook, bathing «my head; face and hands.)// I-looked; 
around “and I) saw here 'thati chad: given mé. breadvand! watet kneeling in; 
prayer. I said'to her, “daughter of. ‘Autiochy! cam ‘yous give! meal piece of 
bread ?” Her answer was, ““yowfed-meswith God’s bready and I) will feed, 
you with! barley bréad.. Here; deat Jesusjitakevthis, litiis alld have, got; but, 
Ihave a-friend? that) willbogive melmore, and if! you willy wait here]; will, 
bring some for you to’bearialong. with youvon your journey.) She returned. 
ina shoft tithd | bearing back) with /ier!w full loafyiand said, take all you! 
wart) and! Towill bear theordst’ away to those beggars,:yonder.”?; ‘I said, 
“ean't I go with you. I have a message for them ? i She sdidyi“teome if, you, 
have’ strength to walk theres?! AT, adic ind ‘towise tomy féét, but; 1 fell, 
back lagain, my strengtlihaving léfeme: yi Then Tdaidy Goad is to, be gloriy; 
fied. ‘through his! ‘childreny iand:ifithey: wiikendnel his: bread, they shall \be-/ 
come children of: eternal lifes? oSheiihastened) away, sbut!beforesshe could, 
sive her mebsaze) ISwas' again electrified and borne alongiin the direction, of 
the highlands,” Albo that oday andonight: Jv was boraeronsuntilothe»sun; stood: 
high in ‘the’ether ; ‘then-L, Wwasiaccostediby a herdsman) He said,)“are you 
the’ boy Jesus that!is: taking: such argreat commotidn all.abott the lowlands,’ 
Tanswered, “God begets! commotioncin order that: hisiholy jelectric: air can} 
purify.” He said, “have you any. electricity! that: ¢aurfeel the) shock; 
“God! holds» his! own electricity,? cLansweredy;iand uses itiat his own will 
and pleasure.” | “Boy,” He said) “Liam freezing» now, are, you. bifiding me! 
with electricity?” )L sawrLeiah fold; hiny in! cmunenia Bp I knew he: would 
bine 13";boxW) yloH? bedaiah eew aiow ya sto} Hoentid of osm odai vy! 


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vontrol himoo: Hé breathed deep, shis face: tupatiledtiett, cand) his; eyesoglazed, 7 


then’ die: spoke ‘toi mé and said,» ‘the: hour has comexmy boy|fonus-to begin’ 
our worlo tin! earnest... There is: tobe:a:Weddingiin-CanajJ must bear you 
there inorder: that'God can turn their water imto ywine; that they can: behold 
His’! works. Helpo:mey.my angel) boy;oand I twill; bear. you back to! your 
mother in! eight: days.”: oT said,:‘‘ét.mecgo howe to my: (mother, then: L will. 
diefor' you if itbe needed.” {Then itywill be: toolate for ‘God. ta be. glori« 
fied; he said: ofThere,” ‘he: said; “Lwill-béar fom tonfrietids that will :give. 
you! food:/and!!rest ere’ | you. go back towards thé mountain2? |, Leiah then 
breathed: ‘out :ofi that. body, and/left »bim in,a)natural sleep, inordér that. YF 


could:igét vaway, beeause .heiwas determinéd:tooget:the priceiforimy heady 


whicho «was /one®! hundred | piécesy of'silver ifid) was dead oralives: 1 was 


caught: up again and borne! Onwardynot’kniowing whithers», Four days: and 
four nights passed:awaypand :Lwasdn Cana... )1. stopped at.a humble: home: . 


andy said,'\‘‘can LT: have: a leup! of cold.water and\a place |toilie down; Iam 
exhaustediand: must).sleep:? y:Comeoin: little hoyy:1 have seem you /befores; 
have you’a brother ‘that: had his leg eut off?” T.answered,, 1 have,and, his) 
name is'Jessie”” |) 4s your name Jesus ?/’,,she|jsaid;,ecoyering her face with; 
her hands...) It is,’ isaid 3:my ».father’s name is Joseph, and my mother’s 
namecis’| Mary.” “My father. and. mother belong ‘tos the. Hebrews, ‘and I 
thought you looked! like them.” 1 The j«mother) came) forward!with.a cup.of 
water;(\Iideank it, and then:she' said, “‘Ticknow» your mother} we were, chil- 
dren together, and she! was my own-dear cousin. Iam, Hester)! The ways 
of ‘God: were’ wonderful. how» :your: family psoseee deaths! it, | lis. ‘the band 
ofi God that held them, else they would-have ‘been cutoff ere. this.’ ; ‘Then 
she'said, “come . inboy, ilie down. and rest, you:look:so:pale 5) but.tell ne 


how came! you -here alone!?”) \“Godubid «mie;come, and: he-will, ,bear,me back — 


again if it. bes His will”! decsaid.) ‘Then Efellasleep.’ (When Iawoke,,,L 
found ‘myself in the midst ofa large assembly, holding invmyjhand a glass: 
of pure; cold’ water, shouting, “Holy, Pe uh God, change,this water; 
into wine, that/they can:béhold thy glory,”| At, that)moment;I:saw,a hand, 
held ‘ovér that glass, and a crimson stream irun:thereib, { Here,’ re said, {ig 
your wine,’ drink » and, be merry ; bring!me more pure water; that’ ‘you, can, 
havea plenty :andito: spare.” :/They broaght, four gourds and.one, bucket 
fulbg: the-same! hand owas held: over them) and they: become wine. ; ‘*Eere’?; 
T said; “drink, but do not: become drunken, but-.let God be glorified through 
the! works! done there.”.. :Liwas:controlled; declaring that the same body! bes 
fore them!’ must vbe ‘nee nal the cross inorder that. God's children, might 
know ‘who! to worship in’ truthy) lo Ws,..00N ,oved™ ,bige SH ™, LU TSI 
There’ was'one among them sit declared ‘an’ angel: ‘had folded me’ to, her’ 
bosom’ all theitime I was speaking. :\He' declared’ also ‘that I. was nothing: 
but aray of light in the hands of ithe living God,!and that God: would-sure- 
ly take me to himself before my work was finished. “Holy God,-I sald, 


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| “let mevybreathe.out! where lanhweary.”» :God’s/¢hild answered, even, there; 
in her sweet,’ calm: voice, “thie tithe: will eorhe,;;dear brother, | when, you: will 
find|rest in the bosom of your!God.” vLhere again J beeame-eleetrified,;and 
I never‘knéw more}until Ichad:reached:the border;land of: Cana, where the 
mountains» rose high and thei waters/cameé dashing: down in torrents. Here 
Iisatibeneathoa’ lshelving)! rock, ;calm:and)réfreshéed 5: there, came ‘a voice to 
ine} saying,» “come; letiusigo:homeéy 1 chave beer telling, Mary, you would.be 
there im two days.”))o\Altrthe mention df) myomother) Loburst, into tears) and 
said, “Holy , God, Jetymeigo/home tomy, Mary:and.die in‘ her bosom.” id 
gobwanswer, nd, omy dear: brother, you cannotjdie’y et, for thére:is a work 
for you to do x molw let:usshasten forward in-ofder that»we may reach a hum: 
ble!icotd byrsthe wayside ; there, you will:find foodsand nest...'There isan 
agedclothds) ‘vender  whoy lives. there, his family: hayeall been icut.off, con, 
sisting of: his: ¢ompaniony «four daughters! and itw6,sons, -he| was atay from 
homie when his house was! entered»by:ele ven: andintedhpriests. » | They, cut. off 
the headsof) the two! Doys and:-crushed: thé females te death.-iDhe-father 
camé home andefound his family destroyed;) his house. in ashes, his hopes 
blasted.) she called: for his:dngel companion; she|came to him, and then he 
fell back-intd a deeposleep };thereo hei saw. aed:conversed:| with, hisefamily. ; 
they: bade: him have: courage; aad:he would -surely,come:to them, by and by, 
but: |there;ché »dwells»alone,! waiting for-hishour,to,;¢omel This)the spirit 
told» méyias owe journeyed on|together ;\.and,as;we drew, near, the old; man 
came joutito meetime, andsdidyo“b have beenlooking for you, for,some,time, 
my daughter! said! she )saws, you, and that you, was faint and weary,sq, you 
see (I haveliprocarediformryourna cup ofymiulk,and a, piece,of bread, and\a 
eleany nice bed of dried grass for you to nest,upon.”| I answered, "God, is 
here, she sis:herey andall:yourfamily aré here!” . ‘How, many,| do you, see,.’ 
dhe said)?’ tio “EP wor boys:dn' tender !childhood, four beautiful, damsels,fresh,and 
dlooming,»and ‘their mother) folding her.atms around you.”),, He burst.into 
tearsiand said, Holy! Godyy leave | them with me,here; inthis house until I 
cam become!) one ‘of: them.\o dl ysaid ‘let us;kneel and, pray,/even here, that 
itheyicean | behold eGod’ssglory ih their,own home.” Amen,” he,said, ‘and 
we knelt'in the midst:of his\children, and they blended ).their lives, with the 
angel: badd that: filled the home/dfithe aged centurion, called, Cornelius. |... He 
‘followedsme a longowayonmy journey, and, wheitmihe turned -back,he 
die covered his: face: with! his! jhands! and «.wept< i, Ii saids “fear, not, 
yout family.!are all with! you, and wilbigo-back with you, and you will,be 
‘lonesome mov more?’ » Then he said,*God bléss yous, may, the angel that is 
‘beside’ you ‘hold*you lin her: bosomsforever:”, (Io ¢dntinued;my journey eight 
days! after “Dohadoleft «Cornelius: ere I reached my mountain home.’),, As I 
edréw! near I ‘feared ‘sométhing: had bappened to,them; for, the door was 
‘closed’seven’ whilethe dsunowas shining.» Eknocked at.the| door and none 
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was! lefftherepvbuts Di felledown exhaustediand felliasleep. o1 Manlycdays!’* 
slept onuntil,ta: gentle>thand:owas vaidiin:mine, and aigentle woicewsdid; _ 
seombpdéar boyy Mary andsthefamily dreoallieoming ¢: they: will all :be: here 
inlacfew moments’) Come; g@etod pylbathe;sthabsyou may: feeb fresh; thenythey 
will acknowledgeuGod has: cared fori you; and: it will hold ithemofrom/slb fear. 
hereafter’ ® Mary ¢amé in as Powas!asking how long I had beer asleep,.and 
my digel friend answered; “eighpdays andeight nights youcbave,slepty and 
God'sisangel! childred. havécbreathet upon yow and/you live because your 
time -Gsnot yeti Mary eried utyo“Holyy Almighty! Gedymiy boy lis alive. 
and’isshere??'! Teaidy “mother; I want .some bread; Ikram duihgiSoretiecohy 
Sheila ve sme av pies) but) Tccould eat Only 'accrambs! vblay down iagain’s 
Lazarus ¢ame and sawdown byimes hey took my hands:in hisiand! breathed. 
upon. ne) / oI then [satowp and said “letous returmthanks/to: God for:bring: 4 
ingius.alltogether again.” Tsaid;:*Mazarus, ptayythis body isinot strong | 
enoughy? He .prayedpoand such: al prayers ite filled cour home with God's 
gidtyiand'his ange) childtem i Martha answered; “Glory! to!i God,)he! was 
deadbut! he*liwes aging! let! us praise him forever.” :sdoséph; came! home 
fobridays afters I thenchad becomeistrong:) He broughtintelligence from tlid 
lowlands: that! there! owasva great:commotion both among) the Jews, and the © 
hebéhen (priests! andconféssors))land a:ldrger-price was’set wpdmmy head 
than: beforé.!’ Twochundred' pieces of. silver had been! offered forsmy thead, _ 
and fifty for each! of the family. oJoseph said:41cancgoto the border coun | 
‘try Nand dabor!!0 antil the’ dawtowdlb -tréel ‘my family, from the pricecthatsds 
6b, Wort beth) which Wwill'\bevayéar! anda balf, and-you) Lazarus and:Mans 
thaj‘must'remainohere becatiseyou are considered of! the:family,” Mary 
 Baidss*we beard ‘by a boyifrom the lowlands thatia band Of corfessors were 
‘cOnine Up 'thé mountains; and wel fled té the! cave;; | there: we remained, until 
(@édis° Ghild:eathe Vand told/ous! they {had ‘turned back, and when we came 
hére’ we found -ou¥ ‘dear boy, fresh and ‘beautifulias: ever.” ! She saidjoshe 
was Ugoné front us'two weeks! andveight days when) I-foand Kim: dniour re- 
‘tukn, but howlone he had ‘been ‘here'T know lnot.o T answered, “eight days 
and -niehts! Lowds\ here, buat Inslept.”!! Josephoansweted, “God grantryon 
qday sleep vib tisaketyoluntil! Toreturn ; iti willbe tight weeks!? «Hedeftius 
tilled -with fear dnd! anxiety Jestharm: should befall as boMary:'watehed. him 
untibhe tarned ahigheére dand,then:fell back like onecdead.; oMartha gave. 
cher dvink, while I’bathedoher templesranid hands!) She-breathed and;asdeep 
wroan/eséapéed hero I) sawoa/'visidi was: upon hér, and: 1 said, /“tell oh: tell 
né whatyouséel? «i She said, #acconfessor is climbing the: mountains direct- 
‘Lyin Joseph’spaths: God help miyhusbandyelse he! willperish by: the battle 
laxé of that fiend’? cdf hen bshesawékeand: saidy: “is Joseph gonef?): said, 
“Joseph is! on! hisoway tothe bordércountry” 1: “Hark, \1 said,, there jis 
an awful erash}\\God's angels’ are «saving: Joseph from death 5, there. is an 
wvadlafiche- and od¢ Kagcerushed(the confessor beneath its/ weight.” . “Glory to 


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God,”.said, Maity, | Josephis safée,and jhe will come back to us again.” ;Laz- 


_ arusiowas, feeble! and; the, ;mountain air ¢aused his cough to’be oppressive. 


Marth said, when Joseph comes, home’ again I jmust.seek:a home in the 
lowlandse" J Her:heart-ached \for vote bit she: felt ita: duty; to care; for her 
brother.. 949. fxid ese-anrasloh read tod Opa ey fat 5K ' j ’ 
polchad: been wandéring/ about :my, home all ee but ais niet: re in ¥ was 
controlled by? Leiah.:\, He, told ;Mary, that he must bear,;me away on a long 


- journiey,and dit would,be,months ‘before he,eould bring me back again, “She 


asked, /twhereare yourgoing ?” ,.He answered, . “I am going ‘toa king that 
is;pabout! to .be dethroned, by, tne Amlekites., If timely (warning seleuen 
he, willbe sayed,and his, people-;,trust him to.me, il! wilhbring him back, by 
the middle,of the, fourth month.”; ,/The. influence left. mel; J, went away by 
myself,and,asked,God|to assist me:,| »God’s child;eame and,sat down beside 
me; She,Jaid.-her,. hand; in .mine 3) she) said, “dear :boy, your journey, isia 
is, al fearful,,one, (God , willj.direct, you ; my father twill) care‘ for: you, 
while J;,must |remain, jwith Mary,,and the children, [but -L) will,come to 
youjand,, comfort,you,whenever L can.” )),Mary,prepared |my garments, and 
at! early, dawn ‘L-set out barefooted, ,and, alone, as for, human aid, not knowing 
whither jI,.was going, but trusting to, him that walked beside, me, an angel 
bright. J; iad learned toloye him-asmy father, and his daughter as my sis- 
ter.) Down,)'we went, from, crag to crag;ia way ‘that Jyneyer went before. .; 
deep.cuts in;the mountain made me stop.;,then [ would glide down’ as,easy 
as ifjit was,ay;smooth surface... Night -cameon,and,we wereistill upon the 
mountains..,/L, sat,,downjby a green, bush, and there I-fell asleep... I,arose 
at early dawn, still, sanaee the moantains,; noon,came jand, I began to 
find jthe. habitation of man,.L jentered; a; -herdsman’s home and asked for a 
piece of bread.., L, got, for, -an, answer, “bread, we jhave, nots but you, can 
have, aj piece, ai meat,,and a cup ,of milk.? J said, “give me /the milk, but 
meat,,l; cannot.,-eat.”. | ‘Duin, alt the milk you want, for.by and by I shall 
have more.’?,.|, She ,|was the.,,daughter ,of an aged herdsman, and they dweit 
there: alone. » As I handed the cup, back I said, “tyou have many,in family.” 
Her. answer was,,‘‘my. father and.myself,” I said; “I, see.a female here old 
enough for, your, matt hers four. beautiful damsels;.. and..a young man he 
says, you are. his sister.”,. Then the father came in ;, she,told himvall... He 
looked,; kindly, lat, me, noes said,,,. “angel, /boys,your, doom. is, sealed... Isaw. a 
band, of confessor, not more, than an,hour ago, and they were enquiring) after 
such, a boy.as you, and they, said, youjhad fledjthem.” The, damsel said “let 
Us, hide him, wntil they, have. left the,.country, lest they. cut, him. off.’, I, re- 
mained there, the rest of, that,day, and, that night,) but, started again;at.early 
dawn, | ; Night came again jand.J.was stillamong the herdsmen. |, I asked tor 
‘a cup of milk,ja piece of bread,.and, a) place,,to lie down.to.sleep.;7I drank 
the,,milk,, but the, bread I layin, my, bosom, for my, breakfast, .I,arose be- 
foreany.of them,.were astir,.; Day,,aftex, day ; I, journeyed.,onward until, .I 


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reached Armenia, there I enquiredfor the king; and¢was'téldhe! was notable 
to'be seem The''gatekeépér said, “boy comerin, it! thay bel business/ofime - 
portance; ‘at cany rate this little boy ean’t do any harm? "I was directed 
into’ the servants! apartmentil THey asked ID iwas*hungiy!) answered) 
“[ have come a long way to see the king; do let me see him ere.itis'too 
late? “One: Said, eis it business that concerhs'the kingdouy?” “Iodnewered, — 
“the ‘Amlekites’ dre preparing to" “out hita off! and! destroy the people and 
take the: ‘kingdom: “Do! lébome see hin! now, Jelsecit 1bevtoo later” - 
“Come little boy,’ esaid one éf the kind Hearted females; “sat now while ave 
send word ‘to the! King, that hé may prepare for your eéming té Lisébam- 
ber; for he ‘has bédh iL for days’ (Dansweredy “dridk Dicannot, edt! edaré, 
not, until Ihave delivéredmy message to the Kine.” The! King? called for 
an “audiénee,' ‘and Lohastened to meet him ‘Helodked at me nd Menteréd 
there, ‘and said; you are” a’ frail dittle thine, but! you! ate ‘covered’all over 
with light.” Then’ I saw'Leiahi : He. reached! out ‘his /handetol mero! Plaid 
my palm i his.’ He‘breatied® upon'me,and I'had a! fearfal ‘vision!; T'saw 
a mighty army all around with battle axes, javelins and Spears, OL sawethey. © 
had’ ‘chariots,’ the wheels wouldturm ‘in .atiy directisity burdishéd! stesl like 
bladés ‘cut! im pieces whatever they! canie'in contact witht Then'I shouted 
“O, King, thuy ave already érossihg your ‘bordereountry;and if! you démet 
prépare to defend yourself you will sttrely’ be: cut to! piedes.” 9 Then the Kiiig 
shouted, “bring ia my couneil, even now? He was obeyed and erst 
ber wag filled with brave lodking itén. Phere Tstood before thamadd was 
controlled: What-was said DP know! not, but this I doknew, when thd influe 
enée left me I'fell down'like oné déado°? TGould Hear and see all; bit imove 
1 could not. In°théir excitement’ thephad forgot me, stéppine afoand and 
over me. At last T breathed deép ‘and asked*foiva cap of water Paratik — 
freely ‘and! ina short time arose! tomy! feét. DT turned to the King and 
‘said, “good King ean! Ihave a’ piece ‘of bréid and a plaice’ where Hedwcke 
dow’ ‘atid sleep, “becuse LT ‘have not atevor slept for three days and three 
nights, but hastened ‘to’you’ lést it would’ bé' too late” | Be called hiswett 
vantland bade hini‘eare for’ med in all things! He Dore mest) Wheeitehea. 
T atéa piece of bread about as big ‘as ari ‘acoth, then day déwn and falbinto 
di deep Sleep. Two houts I'slépt, thén the ‘King sent for nie’ again. arose 
‘and followéd the sérvant) but when: TI” entered! thar hathber aeain Twas 
filled’ with fear. “Te was filled with'imen.” 'P' stood ‘there'd poor'finiP thing, — 
‘not daring to look up. “Phe King said} “come héve boy:2' stepped ap'to 
‘him and laid my hand in“his.’ /L burst into tears and said; "“_64! Kine can 
‘Tigo ‘home’ te ity” mother." Pldoked at ‘him and I Saw H'tearin his eye, 
‘and he said, “how'did you come’ 2 OT atiswerdd, “on foot) andeGod helped 
me.” Then he’ 'said) “can 'you'tell’ mé “any more about thé Amlékites 2” 
“]) said the coantry was in great Commotion but Tkiow'ho tdre” UAirmed 
men were everywhere and I had to’evecp ‘Under thé hedge and through'the 


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_forests in order that they should not destroy me before I could give you 
warning. The King said, “do lyou'want me to)send some one with you ?” 
I said, “no, God will go with me.” “Then,” he answered, “may God eare 
. fom you andscarty ‘you safe back, to. ydur mother is:my:|earnest prayer 3 now 
go and:rest, but when jyou,are ready to go let 'me bid yowfarewell!” T-went 
_ to»thekitehen; there I ;atée!breadiand drank water,them Iday down again 
and lyslept,/the: remainder yof ithe dayrand all mighti: The'sun: was/shining 
_ brightly:when Inawoke: \ Irarose,{bathéd, combed)! my? hair: and said) I must 
begif my journey,,even nowar/) Lhe) King wishes to speak to you’ said the 
servant, “come this!way.”) oI /followed) himodnto. the King’s bed! chamber 5 
_ the ‘King wasidyingi;on) his. bed, hé-reachéd out his hand and said,)‘here 
boyutake; this, eat sand) drink: all yom want before: you "go, this will buy-you 
mores; what you,,dd),mot need bear it home to! your'father, say to himiit.is 
sent to; you fordetting your frail little boy come to:meiin my hour of; need.” 
“Grod, sentyme,” I said, “else. .P could not/have foundthe way.?0s\*Farewell, 
frail «little h boy, how I wish you! wasemine.® ji fGood) sl I said; then: left 
King duear, but not forevenas! s10% rpOtl Liat ‘tas brreveah seivojat 
veEwo ymonths «brought, me in! ‘sight: seat my. faked again! sa I drew near 
my heart beat, and as I started forward I beheld my mother, bathing anew 
born:babey one that)God-had given, her inmy absence! )-I folded»my mother 
to my ibosom,:and said, (God, has) brought me: home, else I could not have 
béen:/here.?; Mary; hurst, into :tears,and said, “Holy Creator, God, I will 
praise!" Thee, forever. and eyer.”, » Then Mary.said, “look Jesus, see how God - 
has. blestiour homé, here is. a littlé angel brother, and we call {hin Simeon,” 
-Lthen asked, for-Joseph..; Mary answered,| ‘hd will | be:at honie in two 
days,ii hevhas siotseen the baby yet as he has been gone most, four weeks,” 
Lhe boys caméin, and J said; “you/havergrown'since I went: away.’ James 
answered, but you, dear! brother, aré» pale and feeble; look Mary, see 
hoy pales his cheéks are; don’t. you want talid down,” said dames./ ‘Come, 
dean-brotlier, det..me help! you.” 1. thotight..it best, (L-said, to! bathe and 
eat: a <piédeofi bread ;firsty,| because 1 /hungered... "Phére; came to .cur 
home, pa beggary: he. said -he had seen Lazarus) and -Martthadni,a; little 
home. ‘on! the ; banks,,of a|)stream, in. Cana, and Lazarus was, much;better. 
He) said:he should go! back that! way,.and would tell.them I-had) come home 
again.io Losaidtelb;Martha’ to: dome, she ds ;needed in the home of Her sister, 
and bring; Lazarus swith her,,.as, thé weather :is/ fine now! andyhe will be’ 


stronger by:br enthing tho mountain ars origqors yi Soub 
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ioy ov10 Pluod.D ealed sa vortaeh dor Hbisods padre dh oie eet ‘eich 
ov.ciiyw stooge = eee bine: oonarch oD SONA 
re) yen?» bogewes sd: “oon'd onodiiw oo [lw boieyon bie 


vIn twor day 8 asia came ‘home, andasvhe saw ‘me he’ fell’ uponchis' knees — 
and asked!’ God: to:forgive hitw for his lack*of faithtin him for rhistrusting: 
his promisé in: bringing back’ his boy! again» 1Then ‘hesaid, ‘tGod) grant you) 
may never’/again ibe taken away from us whileoweowalkithe earth?jo' Mary 
answered, “amen; if! it pleaseGod.":\! Theefamily remaained “together'two 
weeks; them we!were/ again thrown into ‘confusion; because’ the Amlekites 
had ‘heard!:that. a Hebrew “boy:had!reveilléd to King Led ofi their intens 
tions of icutting: him: off, root and ‘branch,! but-he*had ‘slain: their warriors by 
thousands 'andténs of ‘thousands. ) They had:filled) Assyria’s border:eountry} 
but they had no,established kingdom of théir own, and theyohad/a! great des 
sire to: possess: Armenia,jibat when theyowere defeated theirhaté against the 
Hebrews “knew no» bounds ; hundreds ‘had been ‘cut tompieces,while’ others’ 
were carried away into captivity. Mary: feared they would: find their way! 
into the mountains, and fear fell heavily upon here’ Iesaidy“Maryyfear not, 
God can omg them amrayt ax! ele as “he wt bring me: aber to you 
again,’ badd HAtoL poh jut boinetet LD er ben oe anon vat 

aiNow gronbhs! gisdscd wtvads and! a°calmagain' settled omibibes countrys — 
after actime!Martha and Lazarusicame to’us again’; they remained there @ | 
year and a'half..o\Joseph ‘had ‘been‘at work? as a‘earpenter'in thelowlands} 
and’ he had: met) with the ‘controller of the ‘buildings ‘for Pontius Pilate, 
He bargained: with Josephi that he would'employ him ‘allof: the time for a 
year) Joseph‘said “the law has freed us from the price setoupdn our heads, 
and if you'have no fear ‘to go'we can live quietly by-ourselves,'and it.will 
beeasier: for: me as itas'a-long way’to bring the barley meal up the moun- 
tains, "yet if dt is’ for the‘safety/ of my. family, [will not complain’; and«h 
was’ thinking hat! sto be’ with my family would give ms-all’so much happi- 
ness, andthe eontrollérsof the building told me there! wasia home left: vacant? 
néar by Pontius Pilate’s barn, ‘and ‘witha littletalteration iticowldibe made 
comfortable. Iwas controlled even ‘then, and Leiah declaredshe hada work! 
to doin the home of the King; andthe! sooner they could get réady for ithe! 
journey the better. « “Leave your /home.comfortable,”/ he said, (because: the 
time’ will come owhen “all: earth beside will refuse ‘a’ shelter! to “cover. your: 
heads.” ‘Joseph’fastened up the windows, and after the family had gone out: 
he fastened the, door. by dropping a/billet-of: wood: from ‘the inside against: 
the latch. Mary bowed her head and said, “God’s will, not mine, be done.” 
If I am to be cast out a wanderer on the earth, I will still exclaim, “God 
doeth all things well.” That day we made .a league and a half, stopping 
at a humble home like our own.’ The family consisted of father, mother, 
four beautiful daughters, and four sons. We remained there all night, and 
rested until the sun was up in the morning ; there we all knelt and prayed 





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in that home, feeling God’s breath was upon us ; then we ate our breakfast 
and prepared again for our journey. That day we made four leagues, and 
reached the lowlands, here we were met by an anointed priest, and he ac- 
costed us thus: “ Have you heard anything of a Hebrew boy that has been 
goine ‘around the country destroying the Amlekites ?” Joseph said, “he 
had ‘heard of such a story, but he did not believe it.” When he heard of 
it, he said, “there is one, and he is setting the whole world in commotion, and 
if he is not cut off the priesthood will loose their control, and if you hear 
anything of him, I command you to send a message to Antioch... The 
priests are waiting there for intelligence.” Before he had gone half a 
league another priest accosted them thus: “There has been a great disturb- 
-ance in King Lear’s court and among the Amlekites by a Hebrew boy givy- 
ing warning from one to another, and they have slain more. than twenty 
thousand men, and if he is not weheaded we shall all be cut off.” Mary 
breathed deep and said, “he must be far from any of you, I think it must, 
be the beggar we saw going eastward.” ‘Had he any clothes on,” said Jo- 
seph. “A few beggar’s rags on, I believe,” said the priest. Then he, rode 
away. After he was gone, Leiah controlled me and and told Joseph not to 
ask any questions, lest they should mistrust him. Then continuing our way 
we made four leagues anda little more ; the family could not.go fast, as 
Lazarus was feeble. Mary carried the baby, while Joseph carried. Jessie, 
and Martha assisted us all she could. ‘That night we found shelter beneath 
a shed, while the cattle were away. Morning came and we started withou; 
being escorted by any one. That night we reached a wayside inn, where 
they “had. been’ feasting and dancing all night. I said, “Mary can you rest 
here all night with the children, the home seems desolate.” At that mo- 
ment Martha espied a body lying in the. brook, entirely naked and fearfully 
mangled. Joseph said, “come away Mary, leave him where he is ; ; if we 
linger here the priests may return and lay our bodies beside the one here.” 

We all hastened away and‘ went at least half a league, there we found a 
band of gypsies ; they had a fire and were preparing for supper ; they ac- 
costed us kindly, and said “come sup with us, we are going to have a dance.” 
Joseph answered, “my family are hungry and tired, if you will give them 
something to’ eat and Jet them lie down and rest, I will bless you if I ever 
can.” After we had’ ate, they prepared beds for ug all beneath a green 
spreading tree, where the frre shone on the leaves and the smoke went curl- 
ing up until it was lost’ to sight. I said, “James they must be good, for 
angels are here joining in their dance.” I lay there watching the spirits that 
came to their festival until the night was far gone, then I fell asleep dream- 
ing of the angel world. Mary called me and said, “come Jesus, we are all 
ready to'go, I thought you was tired and we would let you sleep,as long as 


we could.” I started to my feet and went on with them feeling happy 2 at 
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That’ day’ ‘we habe ‘fi 
Joseph’ Said,’ “ewhio oe tia iipre, it seems so o lonely.” an ‘Suehiar eae ff CUE asic é,, 
lius’ lives here!” fe “How. do. you know | o said Joseph... ‘I said, “I stayed, with;. ) 
hiny® fale’ night: when T was carried, to Antiogh : and, Cana.” (Lhe aged, pina d 
came 16! the door, aid weleomed us in as he said, or knew you, were comingy | 
my “ddighter told me you would § be here at nightfall, andd have)prepared| 3; 
for * yal a ‘Boot wath ‘supper, meat and bread for the, elder ones, but Sea 7 
and mhillk" for’ the‘ “children.” As we entered his home he, said, “come. here; ; 
angel ‘boy, you ave been a comfort ‘to me ever Since you: cya hera, A as 
have Wet all my family even as. af they had their earthly bodies.’ tq dt too 
me “Upon: his” Jap, laid. ‘his hand t upon, my head, and said, “God, bless, you,” . 
then “he! tamed - to 0 Joseph, and said, ‘do you know that this diy will be, ext, fh 
hint aa ssubbh the i is a ae thing to us all” ” ei to “ held nena od 
and I’ felt” asleep | on ‘his bosom. . ae was paki and Leiah, declared Hgse 
should” be! borne along | until my. thirty-fourth, year,,and, then, I should be, », ». 

nailed to ‘the! cross in order that humanity should, know, there. was one, God .1 devs 
and © one. ‘God only. : ‘Mary . burs st into tears, and, when. Lawoke, she. Was ov 
kneclifig. beside “me, and exclaimed, (Holy, Eternal God, hold him fromised 
death ‘until Thy | hour comes, hen me will try, and, say. Thy. will be done,” j,, 
Here the ‘family all called on God to aeiist them, for their, burden was, daeibets g 
er than they. ‘could bear. ap did ‘not. understand why they . were, injsuch ig j 
ny, < and L gaid how ‘Bood God i is ‘to give us such, a& nice, place.,to rest.) Theny< 
the family all gathered ; around the board, and ate their barley bread, wiehbed., 
children, had milk that Cornelius had brought a good, way because, he-knéwesm 
of iter. coming. be 

Afier prayers we ‘all lay ee and ach until the sun rose,. Mar yeatledye 
me and said, “come dear boy, we are nearly ready.) come. wakeup the day » Ww 
is fine and. we must try and make five leagues to-day? act That day; we )jour-) ned 
neyed along ‘yapidly, as. the roads were good, and, the warm, earth, leone al i 
comfortable. ” . * When night | came we had made five, Jeagues,and a, halt» Phive agl, 
children were SO tired that we sat down at every., turn,, hungry, and, sleepyis ioe 
I asked Josep h if he did not thin! iy God would rest,us by andiby,if wejwere™. « 

‘good. | Ere answered, "God's resi is for the weary, and we will seek to shieiaos: 

his wa e ‘There was a Tittle habitation near by, and Joseph.said wemayy » 0: 
lie asivit ‘here and rest if we are ‘not disturbed by. the passers. ‘bysor Maryiogas 
said, = ‘dare’ not ‘enter there, there 1 may | be disease and death beneath thateni: 


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roof.” — Paid there is. no. death ‘where God i is, andy I sayy, his angel child 91! 
dren hy ‘ ng] “in “Toseph ‘said, mn will enter there, you, await, my ¢oming;”y/) 
He sor nea me re £4) ing tl i¢ house was entirely. “empty, , and, , ib, was ee ow 


and cdintortiible. We all went in there ; we ate a piece of barley we 


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that Rad ‘had “brought ii in, a hag, 7 “There we init and Satie and t tae 


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“ing. Boe aH x “That! day. was a and agate and. we ne fois deabluayter 
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Then we ‘came toa house where a a poor. female was sitting, by,the, door), 


rnd one 


bowed down w spt th grief. ‘Her, hair was grey, and she was clad in filthy rags. \-/ 


Joseplr Saic can we rest. eee to- night, we have come a long way and thet |). 


of 
children are p¥eLys tired.” “Come. in,’ she said, “you, are welcome to, my 


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hamble fare, bat God has, cursed me, mY family, are alk ¢ dragg ged, away, and 
1 by Tea 
I am, “fo despair. “Pour days | ago, a, band of, anointed priests entered, here, 6) 


‘oceh Og 


and drageéd a away t ‘ifitee daughters, call I shad, and, my; boy, they compelled tos. 
go with ae declaring 4 hey woylds make him a, confessor;.and Lam, Jatt 
alone. © God hears net “wy prayer.” + kis pe 


Its tii Vi yh [3a omit ¢ . : ity 
Ie. ne evening the door ‘opened gently, and a, poory, artines blasted) thisnasin 
i VOU SHS 
stood there fo or & moment, and then fell to the, floor... The, mother, darted: toys: . 
anit Wot presen +b 
her and exclaimed, “my. daughter ! my danghter !, haye you: come home,to - 


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die? fier. a short’ eagle spre her eyes pe said, “God. i is, here,| His 2)5¢ 
children are here, but fiends: and L devils | have destroyed my.» sisters, and it ami 


; Yelk Ot S1o1sd yi 
dying,” sae Was. contr rolled | A 2 an, instant, and, Leiah. said. prepare, Rnatthevin ‘7 
@ 4? ADK 1102'S yy 
water, ‘bathe her over: and ver, give. her hysop, to drink, they J haye diseased... os 
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her body, and unless : she be cleansed she will, die. 4 Her, mother said, ‘Holy 
i CI Saunt bea 


God forgive me, because I murmured against (Thy will? » Leiah, Ansparadhsiigas 


wots 


“it is Go ods ni that anointed "priests. should, be. ‘damned, forever.” The.) 
blasted | damsel, “answered, “let God blast, them, before, they, deatepy, thes, 
earth, “Here. they were, interrupted . ‘by the. entrance of the sony and,he , . Sel 
oxelita® ap ‘have seen ‘anointed. a. confessor, and unless, these, ‘Hebrews t+ 


depart i me cut them’ off i in ‘this hour.” __eiah, answered, “then thou. ant... 


anointed unto daumation.’ ‘He ‘said. ‘again, “begone, else by my oath I-must,., 


cut you all Saale Cast Gath you that oath which declares, you, must, shed i in- y ., i 


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nocent blood,” caf ‘Leiah, ‘delse. God will destroy. you among, the rest. of 
the fiends that are destroying the earth, Where are. thy. ‘sisters, fair and » 
comely, that filled this home Dut, four days ago, damned by. ‘that oath whieh, « 


rigs ‘Ft te) 
you now hold’ before y you.” i “Then, he gave. a deep groan and covered his 
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face with | his hands, and “said, : they gave 2 me : strong, drink, then administered, 
idea a tdezat i TOD 10 Visi 
the dath even while | wy sisters were dying’ ‘by 2 a part of the same. band ; 
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they led” me to where my sisters, lay blindfolded, two were, dead and the,, 


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other was dying as ‘they. thought. hey. remoyed the bandage. from Be SR 
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eyes and al | shouted, “this By our ‘reward, ‘strong’ drink, meat and females.” 
HOLO Hears’ es He ad Tie DIT 
I then ‘said, “let me Hop ome.” “They. said “no, ° you cannot go. home until , 
Herblida ot bite. oud Ly 
you have made rae oue of us.” Then, I could not follow t them because... 


I fell down t by” t é wayside. drunk and { slept: all nig ght. “Hob 
the morning and : said, we | ‘have | had a. fine. night’ 8 revel ; we Taye cons 


" quered 2 ban d of gypsies, “killed” ‘all of their men, and held their feinales, 


{ITT ore © 1 3 hog oil Ww Re Sle 


| anda Fofly fime we have tad of it.” I arose and Said I must zo home, my * 


They, came tome in, 


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poor mother is all alone. I, with the rest of you, damned my sisters ;.do_ |. 
let tie go home to my mother.” They answered, “what i is your mother to. 
you ia you are one of us} hereafter you. shall have all you want, but fol- 


lowus.” I answered, “God has damned me and you can do no ‘more. ‘al a 


fled ‘to the mountains, “They called me, but I fled from. them ; hunger has 
driven me here, cig me’ something to eat and let me 89, lest I destroy TP, 
all’ 3s! fe, 
After Leiah’s last remark, he breathed ode ‘me, aan eihe I listened to a 
his sad'story my heart beat and I exclaimed, “Holy God, how long is earth 
to be accursed’ by ariointed priests and confessors.” I got answer, “ontil, } 
God’s human ‘sacrifices give light to the earth again.” I said, “Holy God, " 
will human sacrifices ‘evér appease the demand of Rega I got an- 
swer in due time, “light will be scattered all over the earth, then Ged’s 
children | will ‘be ‘freed from priests and confessors.” The boy fell into a ' 
deep sleep and did not awake until we had gone. I heard from him i inaf- 
ter time, he had been beheaded by the priesthood for exposing ‘the wicked om 
acts of the confessors. © i ag 
That day ‘we made-five leagues and a little more, but before night diss ie 
in we heard by a tr aveller that the Jéws were holding a ‘council j in the syn- 


agogue, ‘and ‘they were determined to make the Hebrews acknowledge ha, 4 
Jewish’ ritual. Leiah ‘breathed upon me and said, “I must take this boy. ce 


there in their midst; to-night, but fe r not, I will bring him back. before you 4 
go to sleep. We all encamped that night 1 in the open air, ‘with nothing but 
God’s ether blue ‘to cover us. JT had hardly sat down by the fire that had _ 
heen kindled when Leiah folded me to-his bosom, and I knew no more until — 
I found myself beside James, and he was fast asleep. _ I called to mY, moth- . 
ar and said I am hungry. Mary answered, “you are here. again.’ I an. 
swered, “Mary, I think you have been dreaming. I have not been away, 
but Lam hungry ; I fell aleep and forgot to eat my, bread and I can t find it.” 
She gave me a piece, I ate it, and fell asleep. (tiie 

The sun was shining brightly before they attempted to journey onward. , 
Their feet were sore and bleeding; my buckskin shoes were worn out and 
gone before. we had been on our journey two days ; 5 Mary’s 8 ‘were also gone ; 3 
Martha’s were goat skin, and they still held on her feet ; Josephs sandals 
were entirely gone ; James was erying with bis feet, and I was cooling mine 
in a stream near by, when Mary cried out, “come let us begin our journey 
that we may reach Jerusalem by to-morrow night. ‘There. is to be a great 
festival the day after and the city will be i in a great commotion.” “How are 
we to reach there,” said Joseph, “it is now. twelve leagues and the children 
are getting so weary.” I answered, “there will be a cart that will take us a 
part ot the way.” As I looked around I saw a _gypsey woman close beside 
me. I said, “did you tell me that ?” She answered, “T have breathed out 
_of my body since dots saw y me, and I have come to comfort you ; nine days 


37 


alter you seb) by our camp fire we were. all crushed rad the battle axe 
and the confessors ; they left us all dead and carried away ail) we had.” |She 
then said, “good bye, boy, I shall come. to you.again in your hour of \need.” 
Gg: saw her no more until E was in the mountains dying for bread, The. fam- 
ily began their j journey, but before noon a cart came by. and their mules were 
fresh and strong, having been to Tyre with a load of. merchandise, and, were 
now returning to Jerusalem. ‘The driver was a kind, hearted man ; he ac- 

costed the family and said, “can-I assist, you by carrying your children and 
your burdens, and L think there is room for the females.” Mary, said, ‘*God 
_ bless you, brother, my feet are.so sore and my baby is,heavy.”.. Martha 


_ said, “take the. bag, and let Lazarus ride, he is.so feeble ; let him take Jes- 


sie, for Joseph i is “ceil broken down beneath his weight.” They all begun 
their journey filled with courage and hope... Joseph, and Martha on. foot 


forgot their own weariness, and they, kept pace with the cart all of that 


day. After they. had rode for a time, the driver accosted Lazarus thus : 


~ “Antioch i is is in a great commotion. because a beggar entered their syna- 


gogue . in their. holiest hour of the ritual; they said when he. entered he 
was covered with rags, but when he went out he was) covered with, light, so 
much so that they could not discern his. features, but he stood there before 
them. all, and denounced their forms and ceremonies, and said, ‘you are 
bowing to heathen traditions that have no date or signature, and you are,too 
much bigoted in your ideas caught from. the gypsey. fortune tellers, but the 
day will come when you will be laid low by the battle axe and your.creeds 
will not be known among men.’” He continued, “it caused great excite- 
ment and ‘the Magistrate commanded, him to be seized and dragged out. 
The worthy Macistrate came forward, when a man dared lay hands upon him 
and ‘said, , ‘if you be] devil or angel, you cannot stand there denouncing the 
Jewish ritual? Ile attempted: to step upon the platform. in order to drag 
down the boy, but he fell back as if he had been stricken.with lightning, and 
before he could regain his feet the heggar.was gone, none knew whither ;, at 
the same time when the Magistrate fell, the boy disappeared ; they all said 
he was covered all over with lightning, and wuoke he went no one.could tell, 
and where this matter will end none can answer.” 

Then he whipped, up his mule, and.that day they made eight leagues. 
When they halted: for thenight Joseph and Martha, were far behind, but ere 
midnight they reached, the encampment, weary. and, exhausted. They ate 
some barley bread, as they had. had;none from early dawn,, .Then, they lay 
down and slept until the mule driver called to them, and said, ‘rest an hour 


longer, beeause we can make the four leagues by the mid-afternoon.” They 


bathed, ate, climbed; into the cart, and sat, down prepared for the journey. 
Martha asked if she, could. take hold of the. cart behind, for her limbs, were 
swollen and she: could hardly bear her weight upon her feet. The good na- 
tured driver said, “I will mount one of the mules, and you can have my 


38 
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seat, and the man can ride the other mule if he will.” This is recorded 
o<favtspdnd is held dn the Tewikh *8eoxds Gull! MS Gay! add te Tews elieve 
eo 4t was the"devil’bécanse of th light! Isa fal Wei ; a10eea! ye a 1 ae 
00 Joseph sladly ‘aédepted the offer and they finished’ We pom of fel jour- 
“ney comfortadle'y then they all disthoustedy Aha Josepn put sen of 


netc bs cu othmednrac: ta broleer clita. ey aac ro LY = ips 5 48 OaS" ; 
ethat Wold 4 Gow bless Foi} for! with? it hott dy ‘family’ can. keep the shelter 


thal, istoverthiany hdatia! afd’ dat 'biy them Beeneee” OF BMP UNOL Fe 

bos Tosaph knewaawher® Bontius!Pitxce's Rome Wass "he todk Jessie in his 
hoakins) Mary took “Siméon? f 4O6kNold Of? § Leen apas MUA ule the 
edbad/and- Lazarus walked beside Hér 27th igat SH enol: 's ie, 


iat frye: eg papel No Ww apres tee © Lak 10.8 Ge, 9 +5 j Vs i 145 2 & 9d Mh 
St the driver four Sérapledin sold.” FBO ee alt and Sai apg havé eed ae 


- 


~ointil we reached thd GréhP Square ii frént f' the’ King’s Rouse: Joseph 
nugilled ‘forthe contréller Of the Budihas abe WHS Pola MAg een RetNeE, ; 
ioWer ould gd aNd Sed Him there! OTH CAEL Mim anP he answered, “come 
toni, carpenter, T have bee Wwonderine wh} yo Was 80 lone Sodtine, aS saw 

2 5Poli off thre dayerjodaKey Aron Weel» © JosephhusWerdd’ 'my-family were 
~ein another ediittry) aid2t Had t6"so' all Brill them, and they are now sitting 

“obhthe ret square Pimper is HY Ad Wondee" Rebate hd! Pea de. 
o-madle’ qiite confortable with Uite dap wdrk™ They all eathered up thei 
oiandlewand entered ‘tharhomes! hey latdled Peer at baked the 
ofpashtbabley loaf, aothepnaa Bybhetit thon BAO RAARED they ae ne way 
Ob oii the iste aes oMEAty WERE arsite Hep OMe ea MeCERe Gea heap 
oof dry straw! ORY ate dikeirpvewa! Kneltadd prayed Bit Hot aloud for 
elfearof bang heard of iat" Then tidy! Spread 46 Setht OH Ihe Srdiind 
-floowand lay dow to’rést!’ "They all slept tntil the SUNS bent Mays fell 
JupdnYMabthay then sho awoke and said! ee. us prayy even before we ‘arise 
nfrorPotr beds, atid praisé te’ Creator, God! for Biihaine t Skate pack 2 Re ee 


oPnpniogesepl) Inada sind HEINER Spread tHe" BBeneh Meson: vathed the 
vchildven and’ combed “thet hat! (Well! ati Wi nahi ful HEA: feeling 
hye iid )wot 40 "ourjoumeywehal Sodeph besan is wok thst Gay the 
‘first building erdctoi? was an! addition ‘on! the! didn Builaimg “oP the Kind! Te 
bras | foo the : Children’s’ Aparthidtt:! Soest denea 6A front day to ap" T 
jused to gather thé chips for Marye” Ose! day T Wade darrying dink for Jo- 
seph, when the King saw nie.’ "Hed ‘askee Joseph Whose BOY that was? 96- 
Sephiahsivered) “hap is my boy, atid'we CHIL him Sess? Cait fie come 
cand live with nie,” Said the King) “Tine tha! 146K! LP hin’y How old Whe, 
arperiter 7° Mee yeas ahd “MNES” 4THAETS abot he Wed T 
want Dutithe was’ lttde dldet! te contd Hear Hubdship Better”! eedednune” 
Tshids DR pig’ énodieh!|todb2k ereat deal! Of! work, "'Hs iraladeeayeelt 
tpon my!toes)!! “He thust'! bela ood boy.” Said {We Kihe) “his browbe- 
speaks hix! gdddheseg "Gah "he comets my hose in thermorning ” Ves” 
said my fithed, Aeehisinother 19 4illmele! Morning ete! my iter t60k 
mé bythe -hand-wud led fiveito thle King’s kiteHen.! "Phekeothe cui were 


lacs od) Yo sao javern fliw T° bisa aoviib bert 


yor aved o69 poy DA, 


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39 ’ 


Jiall eating and drinking 3) P "stood? pack” “until they had finished their meal 
| the eldest daughter said, Meome' boy; and eat, if you have come to live with 
yous’? !o Their breakfast’! was chocolate, ‘beef bread and ‘cake. I ate but, (a 
iad -then othe ‘servant Said, “clean - 3 bt the ‘board, cleanse the dishes,,s set 
>them by: for difiner.” 9: ‘The sireet ‘fade Of the children, made. my I heart leap 
| with joy when’ they’ came ritining’ ‘ihto ‘the: Kitchen and “said, “boy, come 

sandiplay: cist us, the! éHaimberlain® says) you éan play with, us as, muchas we 

“want you to.’ Pi hasténed’ away “with’ the children, and, found all, sorts of 
pamusements ahaa cdtild be! interestins to children. | Then the chamberlain 

Sentered:there and said, “this mtist not be, he must have ‘the caretakers. g gar- 
oménts on ds long'as ‘He remilitis in’ this home.” ‘He conducted me into, a nice 
olittle chamber wheré'éverything was neat ¢ then he handed me a fing dinen 

undergarment, blue and orange damask, also a coat, the collar turned, hack 

itheisleevesifiowine) the! covers rotindéd, ‘and ‘it fell back to the bend of. the 

-knlea} then’ it |wad ‘trimmed’ all’ around, ‘collar; sleeves and coat, with gilt 
_Lbaiid halfoan*inch: wide.® ‘My ‘old clot! 1e8 were laid’ away. How . I wished. a 
ocould carry: thent home’ to Taithes, ‘put I said nothing. “Now £9 and diy ert 
sthosé children as best you eat until they’: are called to their evening dance,” 
‘i Dhe «children | were’ delighted | with: me, and said “he looks like. our brother 
‘now's wale us! \aohowse “with these blocks and we will kick them down 
eagain.”) 0 They kicked down" my house age in and again, and i? was 

odiligent iw buildine itil! the chamberlain called them to their dinner ; then 

lin:the afternoon they were to’ have a dance. "The ey asked me if I, wanted 

-to gdland lookeen?s 1 said if ‘you want me to. Then they. all flew away, to 

-change their: garments and bedeck themselv es in flowers. They entered. the 

srooméagain ;)T looked at “them! earhestly “Lo see if they, were children or 
angels. ‘One® of ‘the! oitls” eame to me’ and said, “come boy, let us dance 

-heéde.” > Tosaid I don’t‘know how’ to dance. 

-od Dayi after: day passed away similar to the one ‘described. After: a time a 

became cup bearer.°' Now' the heathen priests had a feast once a year, and 

they had been eating! and drinking ‘until the day wore away. Lt had been 
pouring: wine for ‘the!/comn partly until they” were all intoxicated, _Caiphas 
ealléd to meiand said)’ “boy, drink to’ my pretty “damsel, the King’s eldest 
daughter” DP aids! “please sir, Phever’ drank anything i in my | life.” “Drink 
boy) drink; or DPwill cause you’ to i ‘beliéaded.” “Then, i pha said, “may 

God take'care"of ite if T am drunk.” T raised the cup, to my lips, drank 

one half, and sat it’ down. He™ aimed a ‘blow’ at mé'; 5 it felled’ me to the 

floor. The King said, “Caiphas: Fou! “are drank ; “don’t kill my children’s 
care-taker.” “He ‘answered; “he is a damned heretic, and I fed him, now. he 
dtight ‘to be killed!?°Here! T'was controlled by my ‘guardian angel, and. she 
breathed'a' prayé# inthe tmidst.of Hell. As she bréathed out of me I looked 
around, and I saw they were all electrified! T crept to the ‘side of the King 
he layed his hand upon my head.and said, “fear not, angel boy, Guighias 


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is asleep.” I asked him if I could go home to-morrow. “We will talk 
about it.” The doctors and lawyers. still, called. for strong drink, but I 
dropped down beside the King exhausted. I heard, him. call for anotheriof 
his servants to come and serve his guests». I, saw.,Leiah ; he folded me to 
~ his bosom, and I knew no more until I found myself in my own bed, and — 
the sun was high. I arose and thought how Caiphas had.struck me. I 
said aloud, “I am going home.” It was. the first time I was ever, struck in 
~tmylife. The King sent for me and said. “boy, you are not happy here.” 
IT answered, “the children are good and kind to me,,and you are a good 
King, but Caiphas ‘struck me, and I must. go home to my father and 
mother.” The King answered, “I will see your father and mother, and we 
will discuss the subject.” “All is ele I said, then I went back to the 
children. 

Days, weeks and months passed by, and A heard no more of the feast, but 
one day as I was cleaning the King’s mantle; I.heard Caiphas say, “af her- 
esy is not put ‘a stop to, we shall all be compelled.to flee the country.” I 
said, “flee hell, and you are safe’” . Leiah breathed upon me; I heard the 
words, but I could not suppress them. Caiphas. started as if he had been 
hit With lightning. He exclaimed, “this Hebrew boy. will damn us all if 
‘he ‘is petted so much by you all here.” I answered again, “Holy, eternal 
distance is his home, and God will bear him away from you all before flow- 
ers bloom again.” “See,” said Caiphas, ‘the is filled with heresy, and he 
shall be burned alive if I hear any more of it,” I was filled with fear, and 
after Caiphas had gone I said “Good King, can I go home ?” . He an- 
‘swered, “your father is a hard working man, and you will make one more, 
but if you will remain in my home with my children I will do all.1 can for 
you, and in due time you shall be educated according to the Jewish ritualan 
order to become a controller in the rites of. Judeaism.” . | answered, “Cai- 
phas will hold control until he destroys all of your beautiful daughters, be- 
cause he has already damned the oldest one, and she is.in her thirteenth 
year.” The King gave a deep groan as.he said, “the priesthood will destroy 
me and mine.” My. heart ached, for I knew he would drag out a misera- 
ble existence in constant fear of being destroyed. 10 He then said, ‘‘call the 
chamberlain, he will change your clothes for some that are befitting your 
condition in life, but they shall be new and clean. , Here, dear boy, is an 
hundred pieces of silver, carry it to your Maing that he can educate: you.” 
“Farewell, good King,” I said, “God bless you.” I then fled that home of 
infamy, drunkenness, priests and hell. 

When I said farewell to the children, they began to cry and said, veldud 
Jesus, we have. a cloak for you, and we have wrought your name with 
threads of gold.” (I took it, threw it over my shoulders, and hurried away. 
I, too, was filled with grief for the children. 


CHAPTER Ix. 


_ Mary met me and folded me to ber bosom as she said, “Holy God, I 
‘praise thee that thou hast. brought back my boy, a holy thing, from that den 
of pollution.” I answered, “Mary, Lam what I was when I entered there, 
but I am older and have seen a great deal of iniquity.” The children all 
; eathered around me and I said, “you are happy in your, humble life, may 
God keep you there.” Martha and Lazarus both exclaimed,, “God bless 
“you, my dear Jesus, how glad we are you haye come.” When Joseph 
“came home he blest me over and over again, and said, “Holy, Eternal God 
has held you, else you could never have come back: to me a holy thing from 
.that den of debauchery and drunkenness.” 

Ae alg hour came for prayer, and a holy calm fell over us ; ; that home was 
lighted up by angels, and I heard a hymn chanted by that holy band. After 
prayers were ended, Martha said, “I feel heaven,is here with her holy 
children.” I arose to my feet and was controlled, and said, “there is to be 
‘a great excitement in court ; the boy will be borne there, but fear not, I 
will surely care for him and soe him back again ; his life is held by God 
‘for his eternal glory.” Then I heard a voice which said, “Holy, Eternal 
God, hold him from being dashed to, pieces, even there.” 

Now two months passed away ina holy calm, and we began to feel that 
the destiny described for Mary might not prove true, when a great commo- 
tion commenced in court ; It was from the hellish conduct of Caipbas among 
the Kings concubines. He had diseased them all ;.the. King was also dis- 
eased, and the court decided that Caiphas should be made accountable for 
the misery he had caused. Our holy calm was broken by Leiah controlling 
me and bearing me in their midst. The council. were discussing the. affair, 
and in their earnestness they forgot the night was wearing away. Even 
while I was sleeping my controller bore me in their midst.at the eleventh 
hour. He held me there until the day dawned ia the east, and still they 
forgot the hour concerning the earthly and heaven! y conditions of God’s 
wondrous works, and the King asked how it would be if the anointed 
priests were left to control the court'altogether ? Leiah answered, “they 
would drag you and_ your family down to death and hell as they have al- 
ready begun to do, and your kingdom would become one vast field of drunk- 
enness, debauchery and crime, and hell would control forever ; but let God 
control and priests and confessors will flee the Jand.” After he had. ceased 
to speak he bore me back again, and when I awoke at early dawn I was 
lying beside my brother James. He slept on while I conversed with my 
controller. He told me he had a work to do among the doctors and lawyers, 
then he would bear us all back again to our mountain home. “It will cause 
a great excitement,” he said, “and a price will again be set upon your head.” 


42 


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Mary was up, preparing her barley bread. I called her and told her all he 
had told me. Her face w ras flushed, and she burst into tears as she said, 
“Holy God, don’t destroy my Anita? Alay answered, “flee from here 
even as night closes i in eH you. will pe . Safe. 1 Four days from ‘og lay the 


; OU O blot Ss, JOU, oe 
cotneil meet at the’S synagogue ‘at the cross roads. 1 will care ye ud 
i JELSOFT tend yous si for yo ye ihe 


od f 
ay ‘Britis ea! ‘safe to you: in four days a ler you reach your., home. fe] will 
boro w al. TOE ES, Q 
aly hind ‘Yo a Hebrew nt hard b: ‘the will care ay until ine take 
y bard bys her el oes Oa Reda 


rr ‘awd from here! ® Piers” entered cand, eia addressed her thus : 
cy ad ots ¢ af ei is orgs y's I BQ 


“Daughter of the living Gba help, Mary, to prepare the, bildren for ra jour- 


baud 27 he 


jn 5 even’ (fo ee Tele’ the: e ay as ih as the Tights, an are ‘extinguished. 
Ri Of 4 Pie 
He | peer sot fats 


(th WTO ST is Oth SMO SRS 
Day slow.” ee came “bane “and aa gaye I him his m 1esss sage. He E ag 
a MN Pibos AS vig re sf 
“Swered, eB Qag Swill, Rot mine” ’Leiah spoke to him ab ai at you, re 
Ai a and sa 30% oe | ¥) a 
main here you will surely be cut off; “hell ie i orth her faries, and 
TOV HT bi agies Ton Ss 


tod’s children must make conditions to flee them? The fips, uae panei 
a3°r is % y } 


COTTA DET ¢ 

out, the ‘Tights were’ extinguished, the “inhabitants sou ught rest, but : Joseph 
y Dig 

‘and his persecuted family Were driven’ by humanity again to fe their r home 


. re) comforts, ahd again geet their 1 ha mble mountain Pa ids ot Lremained i in 
TOC 7 ie Tai . y be 
“that home, two, days before any one came in to en uire about the family, 
i HO Md bas Mil Tor 97 He 
She that’ came was a ‘Hebrew. Lejah accosted, beg | fot sister, take this 
f T15 ite 7 
bepress oar tht ou. ‘aad God’ will bless j ou sit ‘two, day ‘T.will call for,hi 
y ys i we phy © I SC Tio) if blot te 3 on" 
and then we will trou ble you no tore,” o he d day. arr ain for the Hi9E of 
} ag 2 i Ae Of k kj 
‘the council 3 the sun was set iting” and " was ‘kneeling. in ray er, asking G God 
yt 19299 38 
toearé for my Gee when ‘Lejah folded: his arms around. me and filled, m 
» defiled oft mont ew it Ped m1 Te9nsmn0d 1615 
“body with his’ own life. 
ar cl ee ahnpnir’s Berta Silt 
“The council was in high dispute, about their code of laws an, their creeds 


BH DLI9s O ytHo nd Ete 
en T was borne into their. midst, and ‘Leia shout ted, “Holy ly), Eternal Cre is 
O2AR DEI i Wise 


‘ator, God, hold’ them from damning all earth. with their d discord ; * hold t them 
; bin 15t Go QHTASG Die Oar 


‘by. “thy” electric Jaw and 1. will draw light from. eternal distance fae BL 
bless them,” "Here the « pe held themselves calm, andihe begun, by ask- 

¢ th ti dee and - rofound ; ‘th he would answer them ena 
‘in them ques ions p (pr en he would answer ther ay nself. 


ef as ked thein how long their creeds would hold man chained and, Ql uo ° 
it i} QMTTIS9109 Lie i ce) 


One law giver, “arose ‘and. said, “have you, “come here to denounce our 


creeds.” “God answers, he said Leiah, “ight from. eternal distance y will ophAaE 
their chains, but 1 man creed never. What are they but cl chains to bind God's 


st WO She Ti? 
created souls. i in dar ness f forever punul light from “thee, my, God, 8 spall. Set 


them free throughout every nation and 1 in, every. lime 3. let thy, bright rays 


QT )» PINOY B VI 


forever -shing uni thine own eternal Tight shall sl shine en find da resting 
place in every human mind. 2 Then he shouted, “Holy G G od ig here now, 
ask your questions and have them, answered, . ‘They d id ask questio sun tt 


} 
aie, Ot IY 


the day.d dawned i in the east, and. they y were all confounded od. at the power, that 


Ba Si om 


had held them $0 ong. Then | they, began fo. _psk, questions among, them; 


“yea ecot 6 Ms pe | Tee homie 
se tks Sa how is at are we b being af es with this influence that, is setting 


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_ are cra ay tt se a Us. hold th e oy until, we can find ¢ out what it is.” 
u a they were | ‘discuss ine .the eas: ect, Tr was taken ‘from. their, midst, 
sO} iva e oop pe bohelise Jom 1) DOR 21 
knew, Ww rad Bone.» Day ‘alter day they discussed the. ‘sub- 
ie nite Ly 0 lve bas MfOOL aoa ££ byt SV Gil : 
A jec te a ast they coneluded t ‘to setap rice, upon. t my head, dike this “Who- 
eiep Ag te 911.91 WOO), O00 GIB , YOK tm 92183 gog Bil en 
ot ring back th he'boy esus tg” the synagogue, shall receive. four,} han- 
tare fS 1d. bras. a oieab ¥iotue’ |} Wo 240289 
iota shiekels “an gold ad? Pie nen motion Beean e thore exciting » and they i issued 
Sasen.t 1S, 6 ¥ Lae 1G 7 at aib y On ae! go eB 
pee ; er deere’ ike this, “the boy, Jesus sha | be’ anointed a. t dispenser of the 
> (G8 SILO2-UG.. Wiss: 70 WoO 9d 2 
if sh ritua al, arid hi his Bi shal bei) cree : auiMeteane doring their natural 
9,1 Uf 0 9th iw P| of 7.2.31 HOD. VBL THO Jab. Of jf 
beef? an i ai proclamation was, sent all over the. land, but no tidings could 
“SEs 3 528 . 8 1 2liV: Gis 
sbe heard dm the Poy. Testis, the hamble ‘Nazarene... Tm Was borne directly 
it ¥/ shox TOR £ 


“not ite abi fie eouiiry bee came ‘bar Be) and desolate, ‘then. T bore a litte 


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astWArd ih ae hes that’ ah beg bread enongh to keep me from starva- 
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19°77, UAL 0 at.odt oict, oe tud .boyvor yi ape 
Ma The'p Ie smen were ‘all it in’ “i dnoraned of” the, ‘commotion, in the low- 


ase binoib f'teshie dleep'tn their see, aa free from : care. Int that. vay i thade 


ar es pli, Bf $OUD As is fOr OW oY OT {1 
ada got mountains of Helem. “Tn . the evening of the fourth day ] 


“Tol i ya 5 gaps q agdised.io abs 
ipa ed my home ‘as they : were. e ating their. bread preparatory { for: rest. 


F & ee ‘ Lys 
si yall © <tlaimed in ‘ole breath, elena | God, we will pr ise thee for- 


IOJBD fii Ladi OS 

i ever, "ou ath ear oy has come bake to” us ‘alive? mt if asked, “how is it Mar- 
Wis 

tha ad titchius's ave hoe ‘here’: pe My" mother answeresl “Lazar us. strength 


Jou. doi eco : 
i! pas 4 out, aEolp Aarti hited’ a vacant hut ofa herdsman, and they are re 


ice, ¥ howjcoy 
mai ning 4 ere LiNir thay & can come to us. oo i3 one ‘day’ S, Journey fr om ‘the 


fhe OMRLED 6 ii "adept weld me to his’ bosom | and bathed me with bis 


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i qenteoobg , ie ied was aH early broken’ as he eStlaimed, “precious boy, are 
| “Sou to did Yor Wamiiil ty pare I die’ ‘for 'y you , gladly: would T do it.” Then 
DY Yolded my HOMERS WPS y bosom’ and wept set! ag never ‘wept ‘pelore or “since. 

‘Pea tHE fiture’'ds TP Moir fo my ‘bosom ; T say, the’ family all dying and 


| rhysele Handi Hethpo on the rose and eta een: > my, dear mother dragged 


“saivay! BF ME ath oe Re od taread “dToly, ‘Abeidtey! God, let ‘the fiiture he 


hid: from thy view, ‘tHe present” is all ‘yet bear “Neain and: again ‘I 
~piredeea hy darling’ foeher es | my bosom’ “unui i’ seemed my life would | 20 


aronrmie) Dis. J1909 


out even there. I faintéa and sie to the floor. nf Joseph exclaimed, Holy 
Heed take my bby: even? dow?’ erelhé difaky’ the bitter cup to ‘the: dregs.” 

OPDOLY, ‘Heerwal Gods pips éxdlidimed bring back tn my angel comforter, else I 
eannet endure 4 théend.?” nist had’ no more than asked God’ to comfort 1 me 


-thréash « Hs child ah ‘a ASH! of] ist she entered « our home and stie stood by 


) 


ile areal iT Pexehea’ out thy" ihe 16 et and she! day her Hand ii in mine ; 3 
“DOP forth Divas! 4] ncaidh, bidoqgagage! e GinOnds" s ‘as. aay exclaimed, “God is 
Mbps fy MIL. As 


here, Holae hig childten froth’ destiticrion’;' ; the'J Tews te sending aveby = 
wiiére! pasbtyee my ‘Brothas, nr their” messéhgers are in the border! country 3 : 


(it Ux 


+ now! Rive edie cay ‘ney Wit nde cine the roth stee 38 because they will 


become lost HHO the Tcky' bd Wavilhes. | i heard one “say lg cannot be 
of pee bates ibid " | Sitéty, Hide at" Go sd exclaimed ay, coutraller 


ida teh 


Of 3: 2 ff 9) [g9t & & 


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“as he entered there, ie! have held the ene in rapport ‘with ( Gow’ eternal 
truths, eight hours, and they are not satisfied, and they : are asking tc tor higher 
and holier light beyond. AG have made a beginning, and who will, finish up 
what has been begun. If “4 take my boy among them, the. heathen priests 
e and confessors gall surely destroy him and the Jews altogether,” “we The 
time will come,” I said, “when I must die for humanity, and will it make 
any difference if it be now or hereafter ?” “Spare, oh. spare my boy,” said 
my father, “until the last hour may come, then ig will die for. him if, ig can.” 
Leiah answered, “he will hang upon the cross in order to appease t the hu- 
“man mind that the Creator, God, will be acknowledged, and. one God. only.” 
Bitter was the grief Of my mother as she bowed. her head and. said, God’ S. 
“will, not mine, be done.” Then Joseph asked, “is my family safe here! ‘i 
‘They will not be destroyed, but my boy. must go into the mountain. every 
day at early dawn, and he can return as night, closes i in 5 oaE y u should all 
be cut off together, then my ‘work would be. at an end for the childr en of 
earth, and they would be left in the hands of heathen priests and hell for- 
ever ; the work will be begun that will be finished up when ages pass away, 
and God’s children will acknowledge him Father and Creator, of alts 

Months passed away and Leiah came. not back. to us, but at early dawn I 
“left my home and went forth inte the forest. As night closed in I would 
return and lie down and sleep beside my brothers. Joseph. ventured forth 
again among the herdsmen, but he dare not go,into.the low lands, We 
were comparatively happy when we heard that Martha was, accused of 
holding communion with familiar s spirits. Lazarus_ had got. better, and i in 
the nizht they fled to the highlands. They reached my. home as, I entered 
there for the night. “Heaven be praised,” said Martha, “our boy i is still 
alive and among us.” They all knelt and prayed as, mortals neyer prayed 
before. Heaven echved with the voices of .God’s children, in mortal. form, 
and the angels chanted a hymn to their Creator. Mar tha, exclaimed again 
and again, “how holy this. spot, 1S,_ high in the mountain, away from. hypoc- 
risy, deceit and commotion.” d 

That night they laid down and slept beset ot pees. hie at. pies faa I 
was aroused from my slumber by a gentle hand being laid in mine, and an 
angel voice said, Come, dear brother, it is time to go; our father awaits — 
our coming.” I hastened away, and in my hurny I forgot my piece of bread 
that Mary had always prepared : for me, but when I reached the shighest cliff, 
Leiah was there awaiting my, coming... I approached him; he laid his hand 
in mine and said, “ My boy, there has been a great feast among the Jews 
but the heathen priests and confessors caused the Jews to. flee their syna- 
gogues, and 1 am determined to make the heathens flee. Judea, and) leave 
that country in the hands of. her own sons; but unless something is. done 
iminediately the heathen idolitrous worshippers. will destroy the Hebrews 
and cut off the Jews.” I answered, “ What can a feeble thing like me 


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* accomplish among, such fuaries?” ‘Hold them, from, destroying the earth 
forever,’ he answered., “Jam in, God’s hands,” I said, “let Him do, with 
me what is to be,a good for humanity.” Here 1, was electrified, and I saw 

~>a-great number of helpless females and children huddled together, filled with 
fear. I answered, “Come, it is time for,us to.go ere these helpless erea- 
tures are cut off; go to my mother, angel, sister, say to her ‘I)shall not be 
back until I haye done a, work for God’s children that are in despair.” I 
then made my way down the mountain as fast:as I could. Leiah was 
beside me, and I hardly knew how I sped along without) being exhausted. 
_ The remainder of that day,and night, and the day. following, we made our 
way toward the border country. As uight came on I felt.a desire to rest, 
and sleep. I entered:a hut that-was built on, the hill-side ; there I saw.an 
aged man anda little boy crouched down in the corner asleep. I awoke the 
man and he looked up and; exclaimed,“ I saw you, fair-haired angel, held 
from, being dashed to pieces by a spirit of light, . I dreamed I saw a great 
multitude,.and you was dropped down in their midst, and you, shouted; 
‘Holy Creator, God, save;this people !’” and then a ray of light fill over, you 
and I saw you no. more; how is it you are here in this abode of death, when 
the Hebrews are being cut off by,the accursed heathen bigots? Here is 
in this room five, of my family, were Jaid low by, the heathen confessors, 
becaused they prayed to.Abraham’s God. I. had. been away to the high- 
lands among the herdsmen, and I learned that the heathen idclatrous wor- 
shippers were destroying the Hebrew. families everywhere. [, hastened 
down in time to find this, boy alive but nearly starved. to death, and my 
holy companion and my angel children all lying here in death ; but I believe 
you have been brought here in order that blood shall cease to flow, and the | 
remnant of the Hebrews should be saved.”;, My. controller, said, “feed this 
body, let him lay, down and rest, there is a-work., for, him to do... There is 
to bea great massacre among the Jews; 1 must hasten therein order, to 
give them warning of their danger. Antioch is asleep while the fiends are 
preparing to destroy her children... I must be there by the end of four days, 
else it will be too late... Then. they meet, in, council, and J) must, bear this . 
boy. in their midst, and advise them how to hold, themselves in defense.” 1 
then drunk some barley ¢ oruel) and. eat apiece of dried, meat;, then] laid 
down and slept until, morning dawned.. Leiah awoke me, and said, come, 
boy, we have a long journey before us, and we must. be away, take.a piece 
of meat, with you, because you will get no more until night closes in on, the 
morrow. The day and night passed away, and) as the day; dawned again, 
I espied a mule driver with acart; the driver accosted me thus—* Come, 
boy, are you not tired ? I am going in the, same direction, and you are 
welcome to. sit beside me, and it will rest you, how. feeble, you) look.” I 
answered, “I am weary, but I am free from disease ;” then I climbed up and 
set beside him, and. rode all that day... “ How far.is. it to Antioch ?” I said; 





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he answer ed, “THis one day and’ ‘One! hight 3 jouriey’ from ‘the old landmark” 
we havé’ ‘passed there,” *he said, pointilig to! a‘Hbep of élay {hat had been! 
theré'for agés, and he’beginy in al lazy manner 46 "dH! about the priests be oo" 
heading ‘four hundred ‘hebeties ‘inne Wark’ ite ehh ine said, Watiehifig?® * " 
. They had’quite a time aE tHE crosstronds }"dhe priest Got his? “head ‘éut off?! 
by his | own ‘partle- “axe, ‘atid ‘they’ alt” said at OBL Gvit! “spirit ia at'l Gone” 
believe spitits ean u8é‘h battleaxe sGeedhey cbtild; A the’ Sebatreaeial pavers’ 
beeh®Killed would “destroy | all the “priests And ¢ aieRbis indie Vana?’ tH! 
continted, te my. fatal y ‘ard! from? Judeae bat "1! tg for al heaithleny"and “they rd 
don’t’ ‘qiiestion’ ‘ime td Where TD ain lo iiee or for Swett? Tay down in'the 
earth?" thust “have ‘slept,’ ‘at Teast, pe day ; > Tt Wal AWwoke “by ¥ the riveree 
and ‘Ie €xelaimed, “ édme! boy, 'T can t ose any” fat Her) anid” sit abst: Bo ah Bits 
alone; bat Tope you owt meet evil’ spitits with battles! “To paiae Wines” 
farewell. I tow ‘had dict” ledéties to: make; : tid! Bait ‘eeven! Hours’ were" 
allotted imé ; but T was'#ested, ant! T'sped on and © ‘ranaehateodtteheaiabate 
in Togai'the highest building in’ “A HH6ch— “ip! Hy thé’ hall BF coultetit iit 
“ Have courage,” daid Leiah? « Fwill Bear: youl th “and Sut again Wwhén' théy® yy? 
are {if COimmotidn, ‘and they! datinot *diséern! You’ ‘Pecduse Pls RAGE. b hire 
I thén féll the electric chilly’ Bo over meé, and T' ‘was étitraneed, Hid’ Tkaew oo! 
no moré ‘until I awoke in the’ hori of’ Hebrew fay, Ve dove hoW Dhg Tr! 1 
had béen there? ( T’got' ais we, “Tn the ’m id’ ‘Aight Av we heard dotd rap’ at???" 
the doot the’ doot opened! and you fet fiat bf we ‘thob ght! you were 00" 
dead, but your heart beat, and we Iid' you"on the beaad’ 5 you have tit fe 
theré aAlldity and hight again? US y! heli snes Saas there halt Been‘a toteat! 
excifeindiit dnibtig the’ Fows ‘eansed by 'a fait! lite dower ka Rar ehee Mele yt 
mid-t/-and’ gave notice: Concerning Anniveh’s bape Sy thd tei infed °° 
priests, and” they! are’ ‘preparing’ to deféid’ thet {neon ae avainst tose ‘pea 
heathens? 'Pheré has‘béen''a etdat” ‘iniquiry Concert b fine aha f ath‘made od 
to feel youaré the one! “TFT Beep you ‘hehe T’Shoull? 8 destPoyed, Bae HP? 07 
turn vig “out you will sorely” Becht oH Here Peith breached” ‘ipod he orig 
and said, * kre: ig this! frail Body, andl AS night? ds és fy Wome eB AE aha ‘* 
bear ‘hith’ ‘aivay.”) Then" thd “door? openta and i mii entered Ke Bore" gels 
his hAnd a ut | he” ste piped chose (8 Me AAP Bait? nby eypeeh He rette fomi rod 
I answered)" Tam‘What Tam} @bi'lis® Father oF Uetan ind ogne dave Bad: 
“TE you're a ‘hevétio Twill 1a you Yow, and bear Yode head’ {o'the’ svi ‘arwob 
eogué2ttheré thé rewatd dwiits'ma” LT atbse" 16my 8B and said? aap Ry eyod 
Holy°Etdnal God controls | ‘even “herd.” ‘He’ FN BAR THR du ya! HS ty 
compatiioiis ‘pathed his'faée'and haiids Gn’ cold? Water nd aidse ltd i ne een 
and cowld rise wo farther. 'T passéd by’ Hii’ out ofthat Horie! Wen fH ee uvaleo J 
of dayj‘and Solisht the home Of % ‘ffithd’ ‘of Tazatig that iets tt ANHodh® 6°" 
Theré the-good ‘friends ¢omforted Me. “Mey warned why REAR” ub a aanrootew 
ing feavfaNly, from'so mitéh’ excitemlad Ae? Phebal? clin and’ slept Aen 
least, ‘dti'Hour, awoke.) As*nishi was clobtity! th! my nenaPomtts ap We oi sain 


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Goi! assist you, dea’ boys ti 46° reheh Qu home of safely, because it bas Peer. 
decreed: that’ “you shall be hang at the Cross “roads, it taken alive, and an... 

. hutdéd shekels f0r yout nead lat. the sates of Antioch. a ‘Here one came in: | 
exclaiming) Tee Hard 4 ‘to vo thr ough the: street 8 because of the crowd ; they + 
are all ’ looking or the Hebrew Tad, in ‘order to gain the Price, set Upon hiya ll 
heail’s if he id) Vide found: hae cd said, he swillbold éarth £ from pr iests und cons : : 
fessors, atid Will so thake coiiditions tor the’ Hebrews. to worship according 
to ailing Hight?" herd T sat’ in’ ‘the: corner, “crouched ‘down in order that | 
could $a. and slée pate the’ tine he’ Was ‘speaking, his hack towards. me, al an 
felt allt, and | ‘oF eh! fell’ asléep "before he ‘went. away. ‘The. night passed 
away, Telépt ‘on iintil the stn Was ans wher : a ‘loa ‘orash \ was head. at the 
doot,'4 battle ina & Had been hailed’: at the friend’ of ‘Lazarus ! as he was ‘about 
entéting” his own’ Home !° ‘it VaP past: his head, split the dodr and fel lon the. 
floor? 1'stil sat in the corner Covered over ot de casi- off garmenjs, , jn order ath 
that F might not” Ke ‘didcdvdr'ed | by: the “fiends that were ‘determined to 
destcag Millie Heitews” ‘That’ ‘day, two thousand or store, were destroy ed 

. in Autioch. 


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D pedicmednt in CBiiagediad night” gait Sut th, i then: pare: ‘headed, { bare fe 
footed Di enteréd thé steers of ' “Antioch alone ; with hone “but God's angel. 
children spirit't6 comfort’ he?! ‘As strode alone, “T 'saw ‘by the dim lights no 
herelatd there;dead bodiés’ aig where 3) oe sdine still lay i in ihe strects bat ! 
mostly: thrown infé héaps, ° As T'eazed’ Upon ‘the: ‘destruction there, r for got 
my datiker, 1 steppelly ata’ re in ‘pray ér ‘by the sidé ii a dying, Hebrew. 
WhiledoKnelt there'hi suhes'c ¢] 108A ‘and he’ ‘preatied f in spirit. od. said, « come | 
brothiery God! bids! us flee the” ity. By ses 3 flew past! ‘Batlle axes ‘ever id? where, : 
that hadshéedn- -diepped by the ‘priests! and’ ebnfesorsy in order they roo ely , ie 


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ter thé lvoties' of - APES AHO: Hebrews ; to, damn’ their Wwiyes and dangh-"’ 
ters. © Oe Antioeh! ?'T exdlaiinedl,” as Tt eft her_ “gates, © when Will, God's: 


childreifihd rest Wi eu a dated’, 3 Yl ee will heathen idolatious worshipers,” 


frag eels 


be held fot danihing! earth? “when Witt earths s taindst f flowers b 00M. aS, a 
gift td man; as gifts fleet thon’ the'f. father, God ; a their ohildren bl less the 


father’ and tnhother with theit® Anvel presence ; ‘and Opiny God, wher ipa i 


they pe held fromthe diumning' ihinbehee of. prlesteratt ‘and peat? were 1 
looked*aroatid; and Ts Sawa 1 BhesERey eothing toward ihe, as fast. ag he optd. 


and héealldd' for me 'to'stop//Ae {hat homent, T was electrited' Fisk was < mg ee 


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dawned, I found myself in a deep forest. Leiah said, “ come boy, Hig down > 
and rest; we must travel nights until we pass the border country,” _E had, 
a piece of barley bread in my bosom, I ate a part of it, then 1; ae down , ; 
and slept until the night closed in ; and then I was awoke by my angel sister, . 
as iy opened my eyes, I saw her kneeling beside me. Her face was covered. . 
ore with light; her hands were raised in humble adoration to God, while her... 
soul burst out in prayer. “ Holy, Infinite Creator, as thou art, we are but. 
of The2 a part; hold us in thine own em)race, my God, and if it be Thy will,. .., 
for us to bow and kiss the rod; we will obey,, for Thee and humanity. Hear ts. 
are beating every where, that, with Thy angel children they, may, share. ; 
Bless them my God that they may with Thee share, that holy life beyond..”..... 
After she had chanted her hymn, she arose to her feet, and said, “ ‘Mary sob 
is asking for you dear brother, now I can go and give her comfort; but-when, , 
you was surrounded by danger, I held myself away; in order s she could not 
ask me, and I be compelled to say you were in the hands. of hell... L will 
go now, Leiah 3 anes he will care for you until I can go, and.tell Marys eb 
you are coming.’ ) 
Then I arose to my feet, and begun my journey again fearless, I wiry my 
way to the road, all was quiet for a time; then I saw the flash of a torch- 
light, then I saw a band of annointed priests, come from a humble home, 
apparently in great glee; I darted from the main road, and hid behind a 
hedge, as I saw they were coming toward me. I could hear all they were 
conversing about, one said, “ the females were beautiful, but they would 
bless no more priests or confessors, Hebrew damsels are fair and comely, 
but herecy. holds them from us, but by force.” Another said, “they are led 
t» despise us, else they would fall into embrace without our destroying them.” 
Here then they had passed me, and as soon as I felt they were outof hearing; 
T entered the road, and soon found myself at the door of the home they had. 
left. My heart beat, as I saw.an aged man, and two young men weltering 
in blood stiffening in death. I entered that home, but O, what sights chilled 
me to my soul! the fire. was burning brightly,-and its light filled that home 
of death. There lay seven females, as those: fiends had. left them, the aged 
grandmother, the mother and five beautiful daughters. ; “ Holy, Almighty 
God,” I said, “ hold control, less. humanity be damned, forever. Hell's in- 
fluence still lingered there. ’ ne said, “hell cannot hold the accursed spirits |, 
of such fiends as thou art, but God will dash you to atoms, begone!” I said, 
“and leave these bruised spirits in the hands of God.” I then commanded | 
them, “in the name of the living God to depart ;” they fled me. .Then I 
gave courage to those poor frightened spirits, and said ;, “ God is here, then 
I knelt and prayed in. their midst, they seemed more calm; then God's child 
came in. I left her there until they could begin. to feel. God’s angels, that. 
come to comfort them, I made my way as fast as I could, bearing northward, 
as day begun to dawn, I, found myself in a thick hedge, :-that was not 


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“passable by man; yet here I was calm and collected. I lay down and slept 
‘until midd: AY, then T'was dwoke by the atigél Leiah, and he said!to me:— 

4 ‘high i ia the ‘mortntaihs, is'a Hebtew family that’has fled from death by the 
damned priests ; and T have born them there but (liéy ‘arée'starvine for bread.” 
ea must go to ‘Mary and Meda her to them, with barley meal; that) they shall 
“not ‘die until we can ‘reach them. “It will be ‘five? days; ere we can reach 
there With’ this’ body, ‘but F will go ‘and care for them: My ‘heart: ached for 
“th em) but I knew ‘Leikh would not forsake them) if it were possible: to make 
Vonditions with ortals. TI Jay down’ again and fell asleep, andthe: stars 

Ww were “shining brightly, when I saw my corifrollér coming.) “Mary! is fresh 
| gins fair,” ‘said. “‘Leiah, “and? her heart hasbeen slad by the iveliefvshe has 
“given to the suffering, and that’ family be adit wh will be‘a great:comfort 
bps you. and Yours. Now my boy,” ‘he said; “let/u's’ be making our:way 
“from: this ihn, where priesteraft and hell contiols j they have vever walked 
“han din hand, i he said, “ and ever will, until \God' ‘cleanses “earth of: their 
“pollution.” ‘But thd’ ‘time will come, when God ‘willcontrole He will fill 
every huinan' thind ‘with light, then dirkheas must passawar; then God’s 
“chiildren wit knowwho to worship i in spirit, Without form or ceremony, fresh 


“on ushing | from the } pure fountain’ within.’ Then God! willobe acknowledged 


essa a of ¢ ‘all but human sacrifices’ rust be madé until humanity is ready 
to acknowledge one God, and one God! only:”)! The’ day wore away, and I 
espied | herds man’s huts, Leiah said, “don’t enter there, the heathen idola- 
“trous worshipers gather tozether there ; and révelin drunkeness, debauchery 
3 nod helt, | There they carry: away the Hebréw females, and) you. sill find 
“their grin tes’ ‘there, fresh covered o’er’ by their“accomplices, that they reward 
with gold. Last night u saw them brine in a damseljand thére'she lids be- 
“ ‘that first dirt. e “When Leiah*madé that Teen I lookedand 
“saw the dike that had been heeped up in the niehé, ° “And I saw many more 
@ graves, that could not have been there * ‘many. days.’ I'sped past thatoplace 
ar nd sought: tHe forest.’ Then Pmiade my wiy ay best' I could; but as day 
"fl eee Li again ‘crouched bg | some 'thiek bushes, 0 Night did come at 
last. at tiiety’ Was that’ day to me. T'was lefealone nearly all day, with no 
aha ut ‘the bi irds chanting: their notes’to ‘their Creator, Godsiod said to 
“ea “how is it, if’ man ‘is neater kin’ to his? God :'theydonot praivehim, 
even ‘aS the birds do: : and not seek’to destroy éach PERE: Po -'Lhen DE heard.a 
voice, $0 sibel ‘and clea, ‘ brother,’ God is here.” ) Dhen I lay down and 
slept until Hight: closed in, when “T’ made my way tova brooks bathbd my 
, Hace t and waded ‘and said : : “God ‘direct sing * the Sante’ Voice answered, “ God is 
wed “hele. HOR Of a Ret Ot ; f : I Y ; 
The’ ‘country grew more and more iaesolate, and T'was /dompelled to gather 
sald and the tender Sptotts of ‘the blackbenty’ té'eat,’ in order’ Ticould 


: continue “my journey. |, Bearing a Tittle the eastward) to's country called 
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Nisibis, there I made my way, as the lights were being lighted. ‘Scarcely 
had I entered the towa, when a fearful conflagration took piace. . Flames 
burst from the. Jewish synagouge, and it spread its fires in every direction. 

I sought to, leave the,city, but in the crowd I seemed to lose my way, Fe 

males and children. were fleeing the city ; while the. men were trying to. ex- 
tinguish the flames. All that made an attempt to leave the city, were beheaded 
as fast as they passed without the gate. None saw the danger, it being dark, 

and none that passed the gate could warn their friends. I neared the gate; my 
controler breathed upon me and shouted, “hell is cutting off your inhabi- 
tants without! Fiends are at work, go back, or you will all be beheaded ! |” 
They begun to turn back, and the gates were closed, none ever knew i in 
mortal form how they were shut; but they dashed, shut, and remained closed 
until. the flames were extinguished. That being on the coming morn ; when 
the sun was shining brightly. The inhabitants attempted to open the gate, 
and it swung back on its hinges even as before; then when they saw the 
heaps of their dead, they counted two hundred and eighty-two. The travel- 
ler even to this day, look upon the ashes of the synagouge and the site of 
‘the old gates are! still held from destruction. The Jews had decreed, that 
all heretics should be cut, off that enteredthat city. » But after this disaster, 
caused by idolatrous worshipers; they gave them bread and a place to rest, 
then bid them begone. This had been a Jewish town for ages. I past out 
unharmed, but, when I looked back on that scene of death and: ruin ; I ex- 
claimed, “Holy God, care for the poor families of Nisibis, and hold them 
from: priests and confessors forever.” That day I reached a place called 
Thillmo, its inhabitants were Judea’s children, and as I entered that town 
L-was accosted asa heretic. My heart beat, fearing they would lay hands 
upon me and drag me away. But I answered, “ Ged’s children are every 
where.” , ‘The man said, “you had better begone from here, else you will 
be taken before the magistrate.” I gave no answer, but turned back and 
walked out of the city... I learned after I had gone, that there was a great 
commotion, some suspected I must be the heretic that had caused so much 
excitment, throughout all the Jewish country. I entered a cluster of hedge, : 
there I remained, until night covered earth with her dark mantle. Then 
I made my way to the highroads, leading to the highlands. That. day’s 
journey must be held in rememberance after I have left earth forever. The 
road was hard and gravelly, my feet were sore and bleeding. As the sun ‘rose 
high, faint for the wantof bread; and being held from entering the homes of 
any, Leiah feared they would be tempted to carry me back to Antioch, for the 
price set upon my head; I had not. tasted bread for two days, berries, 
there were none forme, and, asthe hot rays of the sun fell upon me, I fainted 
and fell by the, road side. The cool earth refreshed me. I arose.to my 
knees, and could rise no farther; then I lowered my head, and said, “ light 
come to me, else [ go out in darkness.” I exclaimed, “ Holy, Eternal God, 


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bréath me out of this body, and let me find rest in thy bosom. Ere I could 


rise to my feet, my angel sister came to me:and said, “come aa ti Twill 


bear your burdens until you reach your mountain home.” She lay her 


hand in mine, and { became strong. ‘There was a feast in the town called 
Amida. We climbed the high hill that overlooked the town ; there we saw 
a great many priests coming from all directions, and I knew they had come 
to destroy the people. I hastened away to a herdsmans’ hut, ere I asked 
for bread I shouted: “ Haste away to the town ere itis to late; and bjd 


_ the people to prepare to defend themselves; as the annointed priests and 


_ confessors are filling the land, preparatory for their destruction.” | “As soon 


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as night closes in” the herdsman said, “how am I to know you are not one 


of them?” I answered, “let God decide between me and them.” He 
said, “can 1.expect.to, find, you. here at my return?” I answeredsagain, 


_tJet,God decide between me and thee.” He then said, “Twill go, but I 


_ fiends leave, this part .of the country. 


shall.be back.in.two hours; then I-want to, see.you again.” I said to his 
4companion, “I have, need of bread and a cup, of. water.” » I ate and drank 
them., I said, “ God bless you: woman, forever, the confessors. will enter 


this home before the day, dawns upon. you again ; flee this home until these 


3? 


I then wert. on my way, but as I 


was climbing jthe mountain, I looked back, and I.saw her and her husband 
fleeing together... That, day past away, and.as night closed in, I lay down 
beneath a hemlock, and a fearful vision came over me... I saw the last town 


I had, passed filled with priests and confessors; they were killing the men 


_.and damning the women. I saw the man and woman making their way up 
_.the mountain where,l was lying... I awoke and sure, enough, they. were 
, climbing as I had seen them in, my sleep... arose to my, feet, the. stars 
were shining brightly, and. 1 hastened, away, higher and)still higher up, the 


- mountains ; there J fell down. exhausted, and could not.rise om my feet,.they 


.. were,so swollen and bruised, there I covered them over with dirt, and held them 
there for hours. I knew my home. was not more. than half a league dis- 
tant, but how. to get there I did not know. .. [would creep on my hands and 


__knees until L could .get through; then rest. In; that way. made my way 


_,to the. highest crag.,. There. I lay down,, feeling I could.go no. farther. 


Mary had been to one of the neighbors. , I called to her,and said, “ Mother, 


come. and assist me, I can go no farther.” ., Mary breathed deep, and I saw 


God’s child fold her.to, her bosom, Then, she sprung. forward, even, to 


_where I was laying. , She raised me in hervarms, and bore mé to our home. 
_ But,as she lay me down she exclaimed, “ Did I not tell you I would bring 


you back again?; Go and get the bark.of the hemlock,” she said, * hasten 
back, that it can be, steeped,.and: cooled; to bathe: his feet and limbs.) I 
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. then. fell, back in.2 swoon, and lay there for hours. But when I came’ to 
awake from that stupor my feet. felt, comfortable, and I said, “ God’s child- 


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‘ven led me away and bore me onward. “Brought me bachbagaingrand Gwill 


‘praise God forever. |\He is my strength, my 'bfe, my alk jo) » =: ol os) 
sacks f WintiiGola nor desk moms. Lads, apelin aa! 
Vinee lee erro tle ised. tT baw ovat ai bail 
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ao1ixe fs cnet arene, akeolee ne eebaoes ot rt 
: OF - fogotagal . | ' i OL te! Oi geh 1 
myles Sikt Gi ee sf ote wok GARTER Ielad 3 giana naa 
, racer odd en .: Boulordiod? Bagi at sage: G -olqoogued | 


‘SOSEPH’S CONTEST wit oN See eee ‘GOING TO Gucety LAAN S. 


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At the time whe I reached my hone, Joseph had ‘but'left homié'for ‘the 


“herdsman’s ‘country, two days he had’ been away when’ I dimbed thé nidtin- 


tains, and teachedmy ‘home. ‘Afier Joseph ‘started and ‘had ‘been’: gone 


‘about an hour, James began’ to feel disturbed,’ and said, he ‘would gd/and see 
ft anything had happetied to Joseph: He ranuntil he’ reached the hemlock 


that hung thick and heavy on the brow 6f thé miduntain. “Phere he*@ould 
see a long Way dowii the winding path) that Joséph’ had té gel OH saw a 
confessor climbing ‘up, while his father was'¢oine down! But thev could fot 


‘see each other; as thé path wis ’so windiig. James ‘watched them’ a8 "they 
“eame together. The confessor aimed a blow at Joseph with his battle Axe ;_ 


Joseph darted forward and closed in with him ; the ‘pattle “axe” fell to: ‘the 
ground ; Joseph caught’ it up and’ hurled “it? down’ the: ‘precip! Com ‘Then he 
caught the confessor’ and hurled him ‘also d6wn that fearftl He ihe James 
saw that body ‘dashed to’ pieces, and his father walk ‘on fearless.” Then 
James ‘shotited, “Holy eternal God, care'for' my father, bring hint safe back 
to's again.” ‘FHe'thén hastened homé, aud said to his mother} God ‘saved 
my father | from déath! and the confessor was dashed to’ ‘atoms. eis VOM ry 
answered, “ God ‘must have assisted him, else thé: ‘battle! axe! would have 


“destroyed him.” “Het uS’praise “that God forever” When’ 1 wor hiéme 


Mary asked if I had seen Joseph? “No,” T said, “not sinte’ DT left: here.” 
Mary answered, ° “one! ig! in’ the Gare ‘of Jesse, ‘his father, I saw ‘hith ‘co 
away with him.” OF our: days” passéd away, and as thé 8th Was setting take 


‘‘ehildren came ranning to’ the door, shouting’ Joseph” is coming. baal He “en- 


‘tered the home and said,’ “Tam blest above all men, ‘my boy is hére* alive, 


and my family are held from death, fearful i is the ¢omMotion’in the lowlands. 
The Hebrews are being cut! off all over the land, and the heathén! idolitrobs 


»sworshipers are’to hold a‘féast in honor’ ‘of the gréat ‘slaughter at! Nanti¢ch.” 
“T said, “ has God created these fiends inorder to curse huteanegland T° sot 


answer as if from eternal distance,’ “God’creatés’ through” cohaidbndlestha 


the condition through which these heatlien fiends were’ cheated wis natight 
but darkness.” /sE saidagain; “let God care for’ these’ fiends "before *they 
destroy the whole earth.” ThenI heard a voice full and clear, which 








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seémed to fill my: whole being,.! ‘.Godiwill cleanseearthjin -his own! due!) 


_ time, his changes: are even now brought; to bear upon humanity, mightier), ° 


changesiaré to be:wrought: through) God's. children; than earth ever knew. 
Inspiration from the:life| beyond will give: light; torevery:didmanomind,, and, 
theyicwill declarestheever-presénce -efothe ‘holy! ereator God.” | -4Amen,”, by, 
said: “But «what are the signs of the coming of thatlight-for;the human 
mind? o¢ Humanity: willdive in:accordance with the law of-dife, and,then,,’ 
they:will «di-cern the good:from the ‘evil, then they jwill flee! the, evil ) and); 
chosethesgood?’| “Holy: God shastem the day? o\J said...An answer came © 


_ bask; “God: changes not, but all chings:that. havesbeen ¢reatedimust, change.” : 


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“Fasten then Thy changes, O»my; God?’ I shouted) even|if it be the) cross: let 
me’ hasten ‘there, human sacrifices: will be demanded: byjthe human mind, in 
orderito appease the bigoted ideasithat have been heaped upon them, iby the 
dark devisers that have sought to) dontrel human souls, but.the day will come 
when'their'chains' will. be brokén, and they shall: become free in ‘faith, in one: 
God,aud in! one! God only, then) the lamb.and..the lion. ishall Jay, down 
together, andithe little. child:shall feed them free from fear,or. harm,;, then 
hell shall no more destroy God’s-childven; and fiends shall .be chained. and 
bound by God's electric/ law, and. by: God’s almighty » power they, shall, be 
dashedsto pieces, and earth. shall know) them no. more.j< They wwill,be: given 
back to'God’s creative: powers,, and) a: new: -order, of, creations will, come 
forth.’ si Holy Creator, God!” Lexelaimed, “hasten: theo hour,» and, may 
humanity renderup her: human sacrifices) in order that lightamay ; fill every 
heart and‘every home with God's hi Idre nN, ae eee ye Re pnesiaaion with, 


| God's) angélsibright.”dor \ Mi asing 


oD had been at home one ean anda hal and ee Eneotiat ie than, 


| had levér been beforéin my life.>. I was;mow ini my. twenty-fourth year) and 
| my communion iwith the |Angeb World) was daily and -hourlye, E had. still. 


continued to go forth daily:from my» home, although the chilly winds pierced 
me,cyet (sod’s childreniwere! éver: |beside:me jandgaye me , comfort. Lhe 
time: did come:};when I was..borne again into. the midst.of confusion, and); 


“theredéclared: God wou!d cleanse earthoof annointed priests: and.) confessors, | 
here bimust breatha few words fresh,fcom. the light that is around me, even, 
whilecI! ami trating lines for coming-ages, . the inspiration that:was, breathed 
| upon me high¥anithe:mountains of!i elem, are. daily :beingamade) manifest 


through’ Ged’sschanges, during the pastieighteen hundred and» fifty, years): 
Tammade to feel when eightéen'hundred and fifty years haved! rolled away, 
‘thitall of your creedsand ismsc wil npt)be knowncbutsbatyby) name,;,and' 

thatmame will be “chains: that’ boutid us.” 0 Holy, Eternal God |” .assist 


the Gu finishing up my earth mission, when earth’s childrenijare ready: to! say 


“Thou artmy father God, and theliumblé Nazaréneisomy jbrother, and God 
is fatherlofius alljone .as the other, and we \areall a-part,.of the mighty 
whole.e Then) Iam free from :earth’s chains,; light will’. dispel darkness, 


then humanity ‘will learn that I am butthe hmmble man, and. they are all. - 
“my brothers and sisters. Here I must exclaim, “who are my brothers and’ 
my sisters?” They that are willing to free me from my eartaly chains and» 
let: me go frees Here: lam, a poor crushed spirit, because man holds'me | 
as an idol, and God is robbed of his glory.: “Hasten the day, holy ‘ereator: | 
Sod, that I can lay down‘the cross: that humanity has nailed me upon, and « 


hold me as a hostage for their evil deeds, but 1 cannot forgive sins, no more: 


than God? could® be nailed. to'the cross ‘and: breathe out his life there.’’) 
“ Humanity, O, Humanity, God must hold you acconntable hereafter for all, 
the human sacrifices ‘that are°to be lain on the altar of wicked ambition, ant’ 
priestly devices of those that dare hold human’ souls chained:and bound” 
longer!” | I-will declare myself what Iam but.a man, and if you receive: 
my declaraiion as truth, you will be blest by it; but if you seek to hold me» 
longer chained to earth,.as'an idol, God will cut you off in the midst of your! 
hypocrisy and deceit, and you will be accountable for the misery you caused: 
“Oye men in priestly robes, the hand of God is upon you, ) live but to undo) 
what you have'done in damning God’s children; in teaching what. you! did 
not believe; and extracting from them. their last penny they needed: for | 
bread.” I have. come with a scourge in order to drive you from the / temple: 
of the living God’; which:is the hearts of his children! Free, O, free me 


from the chains that you are seeking to draw around me, tighter and tighterad 


You are seeking to bind me to the cross, and if you do ‘not free me ‘from | 
those chains,’ facts will be revealed that will curse yoa forever. Hypocrisy: 
und deceit has, possession of your'souls, and a hell of guilty conscience’ 
awaits you. Go back, go back among the priestly robed, damned. When. 
1 walked'the earth, 1 was compelled to flee’ into the mountains like a felon 
that’ despoiled his-neighbor “of his inheritance. There: I was, compelled ‘to | 
endure the severest hardships among the clefts of the rocks ia order that I 
should not chill to death. It. was not weeks or months, but years that lL 
dragged out such a life; except when God’s children in‘spirit breathed upon 
me, and bore me down into the lowlands, and the border country, denoune-'! 


ing their idolatrous worship; and) the Jewish ritua!, declaring God ever) 


present among his children. “ Blessed are.they that hunger after righteous+. 
ness, for they shall be filled.” “Blessed are they that seek God daily, he will, 
surely be found of them.” “ Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall behold 
their Creator as he is.” ‘Blessed are they that love the light, their 
garments shall becovered all over with God’s dew drops of light.”! 
“ Blessed are they that remember the poor in’their needs, God «will surely | 
feed them with the bread of eternal iife.” “ All that seek God; will seek to 
bless humanity, and they will have their reward in‘this life, and a crown of, 
light in the bright home beyond.” “Happy are they that love God’s’ | 
wonders, and sean them o’er and o’er, filled with holy adoration for Him that 
created all things.” I must now go) back in my history, “an detail simple i 
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facts of my earth life, in order my chains may be broken, and let all idols 
be baried ; they are earthly devices, and all that bow to idols: are damned 
already, and the light of the living God is not within them. 


CHAPTER XII. 


Here, afier the lapse ofa year and eight months, our home was again 
filled with fear, because of a beggar that had made his way into the moun- 
tains, being compelled to flee in order to save his life, he being a Hebrew 
by birth. As Ientered my home at night, I saw a poor feeble ‘thing 
sitting by the fire warming his chilled limbs, as I entered he bowed his head 
and said “ God bless you young man, am I made to feel I am welcome in 
in your home.” I answered, “ Holy Eternal God has a home for his. 
children, where they do not have to flee the battle ‘axe; where his angels 
breathe upon them, and give them comfort,” here he burst ‘into tears, and 
said, “is hea seer?” JI answered. “God sees all the acts of his own 
creation.” Then I said, “ Brother, I see a female beside you, seeking to 
comfort you, she is your companion, here are children, eight in: all; four 
boys and four girls; and you are the last of your race, and you will go down 
calm like the setting sun, and ‘forget the cruel oppression of priesteraft.” 
Holy God,” he said, “I am blest already, to know my angel companion is 
here beside me, and our holy children, he continued, “four days ago my 
home was despoiled of all I loved; a band of confessors entered there, they 
cut off the heads of my boys, and damned my wife and’ daughters, and left 
them as they died.” : 

7 came home even while the blood was warm from the hearts of my family, 
then I exclaimed: “ Holy creator God, take’ me away that I may find my 
family, where there is no priests or confessors.” I said, “have comfort 
brother God is here, where God is, his children are.” He then asked if he 
could lie down and rest. Martha said, “you look feeble, come and lie 
down on Lazarus’ bed, he can have mine.” He said “EF feél I am held | 
from death by my angel children, in order I may avenge ‘their death.” 
“{ said,” your children are breathing upon you, not to fall with’ vengeance, 
but with the resignation of God, for the hour draws neat when ‘you will be 
with then all, H: thea said, “Iam filled with fever, and my head’ is 
beating.” Then TI was controlled, and breathed him o’er with God’s electric 
light. | 

He then fell asleep, after he had slept for hours, I’ was controled again 


56 ay 
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oh . BS , ) =r 
whe f Dis Yi i 3 A} s 


andawoke him. | He looks around and ith bs 7: isvagh, I was. among, the, 


angels and they were!singing :me tojsleep.” >I answered, i. “Avgels are 


even now singing you to sleep, and you will awake in Brighter! worlds 
beyond.” He then lay back upon the bed, and breathed out of that poor 
frailbody. James covered the body over with a blanket, and said. “Jesus 


we wil bury the dead at early dawn, e’re you depart for the forest.” I 


said, “let the dead bury the dead, but let God’s children seek to comfort 
the living.” There beside you are a. family that has had no bread fora day 


and a half. James, go even now, ‘carry them barley meal, that they can - 


fine comfort.” Even now he prepared the bag’ and hastened away. 
Lazarus said his limbs must be. straightened, anda napkin must be bound 


beneath his chin... James came back before’ the day dawned. “James | 


PP a il 
assisted: and, we, dug .a grave, ‘then we lay a board. at the bottom, ‘pore’ 


him out.and day him i in his last earthly bed; then 1 knelt and tinted that. 
God. would hold control by his own wisdom, then earth would be free from 
the wicked devices of man... As the day was dawning, the family. all went 
out and looked upon; him ere he was covered o’er. Lazarus said, “dast to. 
dust, ashes to, ashes, but we,will leave the soul in the hands of our Cre-' 
ator, God.” Amen,” they. all answered ; then I hastened away. “No soon 
er had L entered the forest than Leiah came to me and said, “hell” is Dbeleh- 
.ing forth again in the border country, and we, must be there i in their midst.” 
I ousieeend! “jet. God direet us, then all is well.” In the. evening when ia 
entered. my home, I said, “Mary, Jam going to make a’ journey’ to ‘the low- 
lands, and,.shall, be: back in three weeks if. it please God, ‘but if Tam. cut 
otf J. shall. be back sooner.” “Holy God, protect my boy,” said Mary, is 
humanity demands him I must let him go.” I said, “God's commands 
must be. obeyed,. but humanity has damned us and we are outcasts on the 
earth.”... The day, dawned upon us bright, and the sun’s glad rays fi] led all 
earth. Care and fear was only felt in the oppressed among the children of 
men, As I) prepared for my journey, I exclaimed, “Holy Cea; I am about 
to Jaunch among, the dashing waves of the turbid waters of! life, and who 
will) bring, me-back,if God calls his children away from earth.” pis got. an= 
swer; “God cares for his children in all conditions if they will have faith in 
him?’ Then L.,said, “here Tam, my God, . take me, do with me as thou 
wilt, Iam, thine, but a speck in immensity.” Here we knelt and prayed,” 
and, all. exelaimed, “God isy here. iy I bade them adieu, and then s sped off 
mong the,poor and destitute, healing the sick by laying on bands among the 
poor herdsmen, thence among. the. hands of beggars, declaring Go was. 
there, bowing, in humble adoration before the Creator, holding the 
poor deluded from;crime, denouncing debauchery , and drunkenness, Hotes 
ing to them vit was conditions that led the weak minded where nothing ‘but 
darkness would fall around them if they breathed out in that condition. Ni 
labored among the humble in spirit i they exclaimed God was in their 


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midst. I the went back once mbre to my Mountain honte for the last time 
on earth. As E entered there my mother folded ‘me to’ her bosom again and 
again, and T shi “God assixt me else, T cannot. answer, thy ‘will “be'done, oO | 
my God.” “EY en. while I was breathing upon my father’s'bosom ‘and was 
calling on went to assist them a ll; & voice called, “come brother, let us hasten - 
away, “the wicked Shumites are having a fearful’ ‘donflict withthe Toly® 
children ‘Of Calden’: and they are ‘calling on God ‘to® give them’ 
sone. ‘one to direct them ; bid farewell to your people and your mountain 
home } : ‘this 4s the last time you will ever seek ‘this home where you have 
been ‘field from’ death. But you will meet your friends j ih the land’ whére- 
Mary’ first drew her breat hi There your earth labor will end, until ages on” 
ages shall” pe ass away, anid then you will be brought back to earth to finish 
up Ww what’ has been begun. 4 told my family God would eare for nie. Laz- 
arus exclaimed, “God will lead and direct’ you my ‘dear boy.” Martha 
said, “any | God, ‘assist hiny f for the hour ‘will come for him’ to lay down all for 
truths’ sake.” Joseph wept until ‘his’ very heart seemed’ bursting, then 
he held his bréath ¢ and said, “Holy, Eternal God, my boy is thine, he is the! 
holiest thing YT have to lay upon. the altar of my God. He isthe lamb for 
the’ burht being? that must be sacrificed forthe human family im order that: 
they may hiold’ Goa Before tl them, and give him the glory. ‘This holy lamb 
I give to thee, 0” my “God and humanity.” Then Joseph fled into the deep 
forest. that ig could call on God to give him’strength § then I said, “Good 
bye, Jatnes, | may’ “the angels assist you in finishing up your earth mission 5 
take’ good cure rot Mary and the children, and Goi. will reward you in his 
own due time.” “eH oly Creator God,” I shouted, “God is here, all i is well.” 
I then darted from my home, inating. to look back lest God’s children should 


lose the infldenée ‘they’ had upon me.’ I knew -in my ownstrenth I'must 


fall; on” and’ ‘on T sped my way until I reached the firse town ‘below the, 
foot of the mouttains. This was a town called Samosata. \ ‘Here ‘the hea- 
thehs ° were “Holding a festival, eating, drinking and dancing. I entered their 
great buildi: Ag 3 there their idols were carved in copper and wood and ¢ast 
in iron. Athong the’ rest I ‘Sawa oreat dragon ; his head’ was burnished 
over with brass, his horns were inlaid with gold, and his eyes were glass. 

This idol had been brought from Asia: itliad been’ taken” from the’ Amte~ 
wie th battle.” "Tt had been carried about the country on a drag, drawn by 
oxen; and alter a battle it had been brougl ht to Sathosata and put ‘into this 

building that. the | poor jgnorant heathen could fall down and wrs! np beford 
it, and wha lever they heard while Kneeling there they would carry out a 
less they were “cut, ofr” me) 26re. vas a box bebind thé idol where the” alii 
ointed Pricstshad ‘decks And nowe elie: ~ Whenever. there’ was anyihing 
they wanted to have carried’ ont they would give it through this-bra- 
gen itmage. > Dhere they heid their feast in honor! to their idol ; all .of; the 
inhabitants had been idolatrous worshippers for thousands and thousands of 


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years., There, I was in:their midst declaring God’s demand upon them to, 
burn their idols and bow to their Creator, God. “Holy God,” L exclaimed, | 
“if there is a worse hell than I find here, hold me from. it.” Then one ot 


their number came for ward and said, “here, ig.a heretic, let us burrf him.” 


Hell itself. burst ont among these heathens.) I was hurled into the midst. 
of the crowd by one that lay hands upon me and _ shouted, “1 will dash him | 


in. pieces.” I gathered myself up and made my way from their, midst; the 


confusion was so great I fled them; before the enquiry, was m nade for me, re 


was fleeing their city... I bore eastward until I came to a place called Edess sa. 
1 entered the gates of that. city and »exclaimed, “God is, here.”, Then the 


chief magistrate said, ‘thou, art a Hebrew, and it bas been deer eed that, all 
Hebrews should be cast, out or be beheaded ;” then I shouted again, “Eoly, 


Eternal God is here, and he will hold control.” . Dhen_ the Magistrate com- 
manded Lshould be bound and dragged away, Here I raised my hands and 
said, ‘Holy, Almighty God, electrify them even here.” He that held the. cords 
to bind me let them fall and fell forward on his face, and the Magistrate fell 
to the earth and. breathed no more in thatbody. I then sliouted again, 
“Holy, ternal Godis here, who ,will come forward and hold this. body let 
them come,, and. God will. hold them in his own embrace.” Then I Was 


controlled» and held. forth one hour and a half. id then asked for a cup of 


water ; it was brought»me 1. raised it above my head and said, “Holy, 
Almighty God, baptize this people not only with water but with thy holy 


spirit.” Then I. drank the water and was controlled.in an instant ; and, 


when the influence left me the whole multitude.was chanting “light fills my 


whole being; God is -here in our midst, and has baptized us with the spirit: 


of treth.’* 


I gti4 ' 


I remained there four days; then I bid them farewell and said, “God is 


here, then give him the glory, for your sick being healed and your souls 


being ,held from darkness.” ‘That day I ¢cime,in contact with a band, 


of gypsies. I called on Cod to assist me ere. I approached, them, I then 
drew near and said, “have you any diseased bodies in your midst, if you 
have, bring them here,” “Holy, Eternal God,” I said, “fill me with thy 


own electric life, that Imay impart it to these diseased bodies that they may 


behold thy wonders.” They brought one to me that had.been stricken down 
by palsy ; they bore him ona bed; I lay my hands upon his head and 
brought them down to his feet eight times. Then. I lay his palm i in mine 


and, drew my hands from the head to the fingers four times each 3 then ey 


raised him up and said, “get from this bed and God will assist you to. walk. 
He.made.the attempt and fell.back. Then I shouted, “I command you in 
the name of the living God, to arise, and walk.” Then he sprang tovhis feet 


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*These facts are recorded in the history of. the Edisseans in the Jewish records of that 
date. Caldeans also give testimony cf these facts. 


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and shouted, “Holy God,! I am healed.” Then I said, go ye into the bye” 
lanes and hedgés,)ayd> command them to réacly Caldea’s borders in eight 
days.’ God’s angel childven will be there and they shail be healed, and God 
must have the elory.”, I remained: with this people two days ; then I left 
them and sought the’ Shumites. Here I founda poor, brutish race of human 
beings.’ They were descendants fron’ Moses through the Egyptian woman, 
Moses being half Ethiopian, half Egyptian, and this concubine of Moses was 
purely Egyptian.) From that blood sprang the Amlekites, and the Amle- 
kites bore away from Caldea: their females, and the Shumites were a race of 
people that blended the two. The’ Amickites. were always m dispute with, 
the kingdoms’ around them, and theirdelight was in battle, but the blood of 
Caldéa’s children were in direct line from Abraham) and between these two 
races they begat a people that’ was fond of fighting, yet feared God lest he 
should ‘destroy them Toot and. branch, yet'in their natures they were very 
beastly)” Among this people: I was led to begia a work!for coming ages. 
As Tetitered their border country 9 I declared’ God had sent me in order 
they could’be warned of their danger in going against the Caldeans; and if 
they did, they would surély be cut off and their homes would be left deso- 
late. T'saidy “who ‘among you are ready to make earth glad by receiving 
the power to heal the’ sick‘and cast: ont. devils hy the ‘electric law held by 
Almighty God. oThere come) forward a frail boy, his name was Thomas, 
Caldea’s'son. IT said) “youcare mot a Shumite bat Caldéa’s blood fills your 
veins.” He answered) “Iam from! Caldea;! I was borne:away after a-bat- 
ie 'T said “come brother, God will electrify you and you will declare his 
ever presence / wherever you gor?’ Hé bowed his head and said, “lama 
bondsman.” Here I called) for his’ master and said, “it is God’s will he 
shoald go forth and*heal the sick.” Tie answered, “Iv have a ‘boy that is 
filled’ with fever) if he will heal him}. will let chim igo free.” [said, 
“(God will assist you brother, allis well.’ le-conducted us into his home ; 
there lay the boy all covered over with blankets, yet burning with a fever. 
As Thomas drew near the boy,.he was entranced.’ He uncovered the boy 
fold aftér fold until he reached’the bare body, then he called for cold water. 
He dipped his hands in‘it, then sprinkled: the boy all over; then he began 
to manipulate the boy from the head to the feet. The boy called for drink. 
He ‘said, “bring: fresh cold water fromthe spring); give him all he can 
drink ‘then’ he’ will fall asleep, ‘but/when he awakes he willbe well.” He 
then left the home still in‘thé trance.) After’ we hadureached:a by piace be 
said, “brother, I will “control this boy and Leiah will control you until: we 
reach Caldea.” Leiah'said, “boy are you ready to be dragged: through hell 
if ‘I bring you out all ‘safer?’ Ianswered, I fear not:hell-ify God is there?’ 
He answered, “God is here’; he is in hell at the same time’; wherever cre- 
ations are, God with them doth share.”’ “Iam ready,” I said, “begin your 
work.” He folded me to” his bosom and: breathed his life intormy body. 


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The He? tT knew: I was! in Caldea’s borders. | I was beside the door of{a,. 
humble female; hey Head was: bowed and criefiwas depicted on jherffage.s sda! 
accosted her and said, “éan you tell ame where I am ?”,.Her eyes fell upon}, 
my brother ‘that!stood \beside: me.) Her breath fled her and she felljbackiy 
in’ a'iswoon. ‘Thomas . was still: controlléd and,the> angel that,breathed | hin 
through him said,"this ris omy brother’s mother, and I thought, it would be. 
better to hold iim wntil the mother. became calm|s, ROW) L will bathe, her.face 
and bands and she will come back comeey inna short, time») She: looked , 
around and seidjo“have I been dreaming ?”.;>d) answ, ered, God, blesses Ais. 
children sometimesrwith realities as well as reaper! od $awyoLuonias. was) 1) 
breathing his own natural breaths. there his mother fs] died him,;,to, her, ‘hark 
som! and ‘said, “God has heard my-pray er iand let, me look ence: mare,upon 
my boy »now Tiam r eadyto'live on diecforshumahity. og ¢ ineodi vod eouls 
It was'a humble home, and. the» poor, mother-had,been left, alone, iby four. 

sons ‘being killed» by the Shumites, and. lier.feeble boy: carried faway) into, 
bondage. “I asked. her if she would! give us some!bread and cold water. ; 
her atiswer was, “bread I. haveonone, bat willigo, tothe herdsman, they, 
will give. me ‘some: meat iand imilk,’, ) J, said, let, me, $0, Ae! there, is, 
something fdr me to do there.” As lidrew near SAW, dy, feeble: man.on 

erntches. “I accosted hhimyand said, “would you be healed ?” sdloonsirape 
“YT would give the best bullock in my [fleck andotwo.calyes ito he bealed.” i 

said, “bring torward the ballock and é¢alves, you,shall be healed even. pe , 
IT hurled his: crutches: from him, then! lay) my hands mpon his,hips,aad m. the. 
nameof God I commanded his disease to depart. . de. gave, ene: groan and. 
dropped’ down. I said, “man,odrisé, and. declare,’ God has healed you.” 
He sprang to his feetiand said, “Holy God,.the boy Jqsug Re healed. aaa 
then he fell'back againi and said;:“givé me ‘back my erutches, \/, “Oly man, | 

said, “havetlyou forgot God electrified your Dine and; you,stood; firm. ??., 

He exclaimed, i Holly Creator, Gud, assist me.” . Ile had,no sooner asked . 
God to assist himuthan he arose: tol) his feet, and walked off fearlessly... Tis. 
said, “drive the) bullock ard the two, calves, God has, need, of ‘them, there 
for’ his children.” ‘hey: were, driven, to, the home, of my, brother.),. Be. 
shouted, “God assisto us, we:shall be cut off, for defrauding our neighbor of, 
his goods.” Even:then the poor\famished, creatures vegam toj gather, around, 
uso Dstid, “Kil andeat.”.Onejamoug -them killed a. calf, and they. ate. ity 
all but thefragmen’s, ! L saidy “oather,up the fragmeuts jthere,is,a, band.of 
beggars coming, lets prepare for them a breth, I know, they,haye had, 
nothing toeat in two flays;.golbring the higgest, kettle you eayofind among , 
the neighbors)”, They brought ones the bones: were all cracked and @ mea-, 
suvecofi barley was! polired in, and when, they saw the beggars, coming) one: 
said, “he mist -have arfamiliar spirit”; I answered, “they are my, father, 
my mother, my sisters and my brothers,”,, After’ they, had, all rested and. 
eaten! F sabl, “God. is, here),and.these poor,feeble bodies must, be cured,”, 





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Piien. [ saw my angel sister breathe upon Thomas and heard her shout, 
“Holy God assist me in healing these (children of darkness that they may 


have faith in Thee and that light may fill their whole beings ; that.they may 


 nomore be diagged along by the andinted priests down to death \and lel.” 


omelanel nieadabas “upd” meand I s shouted, ‘“clery to God! they are all being 
“eldetrified. ere Tlaid my hands on one that had‘an issue of bloody as vit 

“wag? end) but it was a Bleeding tumor! She immediately arose toche 
feet atid Said, ‘OHofy God, T ata healed, Y willpraise tliee forever:?l Hére 


WAtiotlier was" bros @lit that had bedi lame from his birtliy(,"L. bathed ‘his bip 
Cin cbla water dhnd® éonimatided ‘him to bathe also; avd he should be healed. 


He shonted, ‘GP a healed €veh tow.” They: 'wereval! healéd/in that day, 
i ind there was two hundred and forty: iPhey ‘all lay down: and slept; | they 
° forgot théy were hungry because aay were filled ‘with ‘the power dp the se 


fs We: ‘Gea! Oot! 7h A ‘rey ti) if] j 


eocepye next! imoring’ Pteld'them to slay the Bullock that these poor eren- 
Wtares Could have’ food. “fort their’ bodies as well’as! for th teip:souls.:oLsaid 


Ye Ee Ree Fries Mivwlens wade ceo h es re? Aol é ¥ é \ ‘ a 
‘now go your way others arecominy,) There we (kueltin prayer andoGod 


clothed them all in garmeiits from his own’ kingdom,! and ‘they ‘departed 
“siigiife whynin'to God and his eagels: HereL owas ‘ompelled to Ave the 
‘¢ountry® becatise? thé “heathen ‘priests’ had ‘heard there were two’ Hebrews 
‘that’ was heifling' the sick’ and lay ing devils. Phat niehwafter the pdor ber- 

' dibs had lefy ws)! was'bathing ° “my headat'thebrook.1/ My angelsister 
“eamé te Helatid said, “brother, the priests até gathering iy as band and they 
Lowi destroy you Gf age find! ‘You here 3 3 2o now, take Thon.ds and Mis moth- 


Welt atid’ whatever they’ Will heed fur a love journey ; the fiends will.be here 


“Fn about” four hous, ° ‘and you ‘must begifi your journey soon! as possible. 
“Bear alot WW ithyou a piece ét'the calf 3 four? days must pass awayvere you 
Mill finda fiend that will’ give you bread ;' through the cdtintry we lave to 
hyags dre bundy! of gypsies, but’ they are” of! ihe heathen order, ntid they 
“swoutd oie! warning 8 | tlic priests if you falk in with them.” IT wenpand. 
‘told’him all, and we hastened away even then.” Many? days'we journeyed, 
Sanda ALAC Owe Tay® down “inthe open air, Pagar Seeks covered is 
eter, AneRa mat. was ‘one's ‘famished and foot soré we 'madeéur wayoas 
pase We chtld ‘to: ‘Chalybon’ > There we found friends that Bade°us weleonte. 
oyeary! Wad! 8b doligta here fone that loved her; aiid: ists we. made our frome 


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CHAPTER XIII cif a? ati vig 
Antioch was a country near by Chalybon. . Here I,began a work for 
God and humanity; here the sick were healed, devils, bamished, the lame 
walked and the humble became. mighty because of the power that fell upon 
them ; here the anointed priests and, confessors, made an attempt to. cut off 
the hereties.; heathen. bigots . were ‘determined. to cut off the influence 
wherever they were made manifest. .. God had begumva werk ; who could stay 
slight? Gou’s, electricity was filling the inhabitants, of Antioch, and they 
ws un.to exclaim, “God’s lights are everywhere,” |... The .half could not) be 
told-of the influence of that. people ; hourly ‘they were brought, from, all 
parts of the country.and lain. by. the, gates; of .the: city, .and in, the 
by lanes and in the road side in order that I could breathe upon them, .and 
in the name of the living God command their disease to, depart. ; ‘Thomas’ 
mother remained with Mary’s cousin, at Chalybon, and we went there every 
three. days in order that we could flee the multitude and get rest. There 
we could find that rest. we could not find. in Antioeh. 4) | 
There came to Mary’s cousin; a poor deluded female, one that had de 
cast out» because she; was diseased... I arose tomy feet and anapid her 
thus, “how i3,it you are bowed down and youth still) upon.you.” .. Her an- 
swer was, “iam doomed to.die by the hands of that)band ‘of confessors ; 
they have all been diseased by me.” I. said, “how is it that you were dis- 
eased 2” Her answer was, “an anointed priest came in to me in a den, of 
shame, and he diseased me. I sought to hold myself from all, -but,. that 
band of confessors dragged me away into a by place and there they became 
diseased. Now they are,coming to demand. of you my death at their 
hands.” The confessors drew near, and one.of them. said, “we have come 
to you to demand a right from you, she being a Hebrew, to, put her to death, 
because she has diseased us.’ “How many are diseased,’ J said. He an- 
swered, “there, are eighteen of us here, but. there are many more.” . I 
asked, ‘thave you. any other accusation to bring against her than diseasing 
contessors *” He said “she ought to die and you give your consent,” and 
we are freed by the law here; we are prepared with clubs and stones to do 
our work.” I then shouted aloud, ‘Holy, Almighty, God, decide between 
these brutes in mortal form and the poor fallen ereature in Jacob’s blood.” 
I said, “daughter of holy blood stand ye apart from all. Man has damned 
you but Grod will hold you from death.” Then I shouted, “let God decide 
between the two.” Ithen said, “come on and you that is without sin let 
him cast the first stone; but he that dare raise his arm that has damned any, 
God will hold him guilty of this murder.” He that had been speaking 
dropped his heal and said, “I am electrified all over.’ I then shouted> 
“Holy God, hold hell in thy embrace until light from Thee ean find a resting 





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place in the mind of humanity.” Here I looked around and they were de- 
parting, but he that was held in God’s embrace. I shouted, “God’s chil- 
dren are Fedak you in their bosom, damned as thou art.” He burst into 
“te ears and said, “here is my mother and my three sisters. ”~ He then shout- 

d, “God is ee in the midst of hell.) My mother came to me and I bade 
her aap He then fell back and lay there for hours, and when I looked 


for the scarlet woman she lay there'like one dead. I called Thomus and 


his mother, bade them cre for the poor despised thing who would’ breathe 
out of that poor frail body into the bosom of her God ere another year. I 
then hastened back to Antioch, knowing that many awaited my coming. 
Thomas arose and said, “come brother, God’s child is here, and she says the 
Jews are preparing to drive all of us out of the land or burn us alive. 
That heresy shall be held ‘in check before all of the inhabitants of Antioch 
are affected.” The confessor declared he was stricken down by a power 
that he could not'see, and he also declared that while that power was tpon | 


him, hé saw his mother and his sisters. Here Thomas was controlled and 


the angel continued, “hundreds are gathering in the great square, asking 
for you to come in their midst; now let us hasten away in order they may 
be blest before the confessors commence their work of destruction.” I'said, 
God assist, else I die beneath my burden.” She answered, “God’s ‘chil- 
dren will bear you along until the hour does come, dear brother ; then’ you 
will lay down your burdens and God will receive you into his own bosom ; 
there the lamb will rest despite of hell’s children in priestly robes and’ the 
“heathen bigots devices.” She still held control, even until we reached the 
creat § square, and there she shouted, “come on ye damned in priestly robes 


“and confessors in your own garb that ye have’ torn from the dead bodies of 


those ye have crushed beneath your brute bodies, and ye have damned the 
holy blood of Abraham, and God will demand justice of you in an hour 
when you least expect it.’ Then she-said, “begin your work, my brother, 


“my father is here.” © Then I was controlled, yet at that time I could hear all 


that was said. Iwas dashed into the midst of them, healing their’ sick in 
the name of Almighty God. I continued to denounce their hypocrisy and 
deceit, declaring the hand of God was upon them, and I shouted, “O ye 
inhabitants of Judea, God will surely hold you guilty ; if harm falls upon 
his children at your hand, you will be cut off by the heathen damned, and 
your homes will be filled with hell.” 

Thomas came near to where I was laying my hands upon a poor female 
that had been blasted by those fiends in priestly robes.. She wasthe daugh- 
ter of a Jew, and he was the Magistrate. of Antioch. He came forward and 

said, “how dare you lay hands on my daughter, she is a Jewess.” TI said, 
“who has diseased her? whether it be’ Jew or Gentile, or the heathen 
damned, she belongs to God, and he will call her away ere eight days pass 


away.” “Heal her body,” said the Magistrate, “and I will hold you from being 


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cutoff by the Jews.” IT answered, “God cannot heal. her body, but he ay 
& cleause her soul from, the damned that are ¢ here in your, city.” fi ‘said, “fos 
ter fiends: af you will, they ¢ entered your home, destro ved your, five _ beauti- 
ful daughters, four they, left dead, while this poor child of, God but lived to 
dragout afew days of agony and to arouse you, oh xe men ‘of Judea, from | 
, the death stupor you have fallen, mto, . You. will | soon, be left, alone i in, the 
emidae of confusion 3 ; you will fall by. the battle | axe ‘of ‘them that destroyed | 
your, faili les.” Here he. burst into tears and said, “save, oh Save my. child, 


and. L will assist you all Dean? “Holy: God, cannot save (your, child from 


death, but he n may free you both in the same hoor ; ; for. aught ce kpow. the a 


_people of Antioch will be, cut to pieces, and. the heathen priests hold sour. 


sy nagog ue, but the blood of Judea. will ‘re gain ib for. A season, and then 
brute foree will hold it-from , your, blood. forever,” ‘Here, the Magisirate 
became. clectrified 5 he began _to-exelaim, “holy children. of Judea, you are 
about to be cut off bythe priests from the foreign count try, 3 eyen now, they 
| are gathering in our midst.” Isaid, “make, your. escape, . brother, else you, 
will fg cut, off.” He answered, “le t them dash upon, me with their batile 
axe, and Twill damna them even then.” I. called. for 2 cup, of cold water 
after the influence leftme. As I rais sed it to my lips I ‘exclaimed, “there i is 

death: i in that cup.” When I looked there was a lizard there); 1 ua then dashed 
it, from me and hastened away to the, spring. ; there, z cooled. my head and 


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bathed my, brow ; then Te called Thomas, it being, near ‘the elose of aypand 
said, * “let us now depart, we will, find shelier beside thy ‘imother.” There 


we, bathed, ate and drank,, then we were. both controlled until alate hour of 
the night. Many bad gathered there | -to a1 wait, our coming, ; and how could 
we bid them depart without a blessing: ; : among the rest was ‘Judas Ts ariot 
and Stephen, the son of the grape grower, and six more | from Caldea. | Xs 
was Stephen's mother that had. been healed, of an issue of blood. ele: 


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pAfer we had fled the country they gathered together and sought to ftlow 
us.., They were e driven, about by the bands of gypsies. . "oA last they. heard 


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) Now. among the band that adh followed, us iat Caldes., was | Tide. he 


had been born and reared in, Pontius Pilate’s court; his, father was Cai- 
phas, and\his mother, wag.one of the, King’s ‘eoneubines, and. aceording to 


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the Jaw*of the country °being born in’ the’Kine’s home; the priest ac- . 
knowledged *hiny “his! son, ds the priést had takei thé eoncubine! to himself 
and the “boy! must ‘be educated for an anointed ptiést, but'he was a holy 
thing begotten in hell, frail ‘in body, but his ideas were! clear.’ “Whén he was 
eighteen he! was browght before the King, and Caiphias, the high priest, com- 
-mandeéd Him’ to! prepare: ‘himself’ to'be' fiatitad “and he must’ hold: forty’ fe- 
iidiles ‘before he could be aceepted by the priesthood.“ ‘He begged the King 
to hold °him’ ‘from Caiphas, and exclaimed, “I'am a féeble thing, I canno; 
become’ a’ priest.” Caiphas came back again’in ithe Kine’s apartment, bear- 
ing “with him. a ‘damsel, and said ‘to J ude, “here is a’ tresh damsel, hold her 
évéh heres or T° will ‘have’ ‘you ‘éut off.” He breathed ‘deep and replied, 
‘God forbid, I will dié first.” "Phen Caiphas’ struck hint down, and the 
darisel was ‘also felled to the floor by a blow. Here the ‘King exclaimed, 
“Caiphas you: ‘are’ ‘drunk 5 “0 away, lie down ‘and sleep, when you awake we 

Will’attend to this’ matter.” A'S séou as he was cone Judé knelt beside the 
| King and said) “Oh! ‘King, spare ‘me, spare me, Tam a poor frail thing, and 
if you ‘donot “hold me front ty father I shal! surely die ; let me flee the 
eourt and I ‘will go among the’ mountains, there T’shall ‘be free from him and 
there'l can get strength.” © “No,” said ian King,’“he will scour the coun-. 
try and bring you Back and behéad you.” "Then the ‘King cover ed his face 
with his hands aud said, “Caiphas’ will’ destroy “my whole family, he has 
dooried my four daughters and they all bear’ children ‘by “him.” "J. ne said, 
“Q King, lét me Bo but for two days, and then’ Iwill be acd again.” ‘Then 
the King Said, “ed boy,’ but'be sure you come back again.” He then left 
the! King’s apar tinent and dressed ‘himself’ ds a herdsthiau, and fted that home 
of ‘death and hell.” ‘Drunikenness and See held eat agle and the chief 
of devils presided. nik le . 

(Jude fled'td the forest) and | ‘made ’ his’ way nibtie and higher among. the 
herdsman; bes¢ing bread as he was fleeing his father, Caiphas. The thir- 
teénth day ‘he reached thé foot of a high tmountain ; "he knew not where he 
Was) but faint and’ exhausted’ He sat down and fell asleep. He saw a form 
approach him all covered with light, hér brow was light, her face was light, 
hér Binds’ were? ‘Vight, and! her | garments were light.’ She called him and 
said, “come brother, “I will’ leads you' ‘to a place BP auto He awoke and 
beheld an‘atigel ‘bright standing before ‘him. She ‘lay her hand in his and 
Said,:“eome ‘brother,’ itis’ time for us to leave’ this place,’ because Caiphas’ 
spies dre not moré'than a league anda’ half distant. * 'T ‘will carry you to a 
poor family, they" ‘will give you shelter until you can begin your work for 
humanity. # She | then ‘led’ him high ‘in the mountains, and he reached our 
home inthe evening’ ‘when the atte were lit. Twas kneeling in prayer 
bésidé’ Lazarus, his hand'‘was resting on my head, as'the door gently opened, 
and Jude breathed deep and said, “I have brought" him: and the country is 

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in, great, commotion. because! he’ has, fled, the »-wicked devices of his 
father, ‘Caiphas, but I bronght, him here: i in order. that: he can, assist, you, dear 
brother, i in, glorifying the, Hather,, God, and, jhe must,become; a, human sacrifice 
as well as you, dear; ‘brother, inorder that humanity. may. seek the,good, and 
flee, the evil.;. His destiny |i is linked. with thine; she ; must, flee, into Caldea’s 
countries, there, he, will remain, until ,he;is brought; forth to, begin jhis, work; 
then the ;influence; breathed out of him,. and. she fell down like ‘one déad. 
This was the. first time. he was fully, controlled, but; after, that he could dis; 
cern , spirits. whenever; they, approached. . He. remained:one ejday, and. one 
night, with. us, and,: then . he started for Caldea’s borders... Ehis. (was one 
month, before. I ;was sent, forth from my, mountain home} fon, the. last time, 
As he left me E said, “farewell, brother, God's; child is-beside you, and.she, sill - 
not leave you until you find safety, but;remember God. is ‘beside you aswell 
as his child. ¥ I must.now return,to Chaledoa. , »Mary’ Ss. ;cousin’s home) had 
been chosen for God's. faithful children, to,. ‘gather, until they; could, be, barne 
away to, the border, country, healing the ; sick, , declaring) God, denouncing 
priesteraft, hypoeri isy,and deceit, begging bread, for themselves, andthe, poor 
famishing beggars . that _Jlived,,in, the, open, airjuntil they. were relieved, by 
death, perhaps staryation, perhaps by disease that.had | been scattered, in 
their midst by, the confessors of; that, day: , And as we. gathered, together in 
prayer that, night, our number wag ten; they) had:come feeling God, had 
commanded them. All determined to follow,, to. the end, even if, it was, the 
cross. There we all;ate-and)then, Jay, down, and slept until. day. dawned ; 
then we arose, knelt.and prayed, and went forth; together. “All were sus- 
ceptible to spirit control, and all but. two could discern spirits,; the two. that 
could not discern spirits. were Judas and Seth ; they, wens fa ot; ieneainis 
life and could heal the sick by laying on of hands. Asbiteia slivdb ‘do 

That day we made our way, across the, country, toward, rane iy 
seeking to avoid the bands, of, priests ;and_,confessors that, were sent.out to 
bring us back. Stephen’ 3. mother remained. with, Mary’s cousin. until they, 
were driven. out beggars, and they fled back to, Chaldea,. We: continued : 
our journey along the by places; holding, forth:among the beggars, encoura- 
ging them to make their way, back to.their.own country, and begin. their fs 
mer life planting and sowing ;,many, begun; their journey..as soon.as they, 
were persuaded it was best. I declared to them, their springs .werg, boiling; 
their.streams were flowing, an there. were cattle without, a,.herdsman, jand 
sheep without a shepherd... ‘They, bowed., their. heads, and said, “let, us igo 
home, let_us go home.” Hundreds, left the border,country,, and evenreached 
their homes alive, and when, they reached Asia their hearts, beat with joy, to 
find the drouth passed away, and everything. seemed to] bid them welcome; 
yet thousands perished i in. the, border, PURH because. they; had, not courage 
to begin so long A JOUIMNCY. i oats I i: dodB BSdidead dba’. bas 

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began.our work in.earnest. | Here I must insert aoline as it:belongs to this 
part of any history::..Mary,,had a cousin;in Joppa,.and:-he was Chief Mag- 
istrate. . I went to him,and said, “you are my mother’s kin); let us remain 
in.your home.-and,J, will bless you.”, ‘He, answered, I have.no room for 
beggars, and you had better be gone, else,the priests will cut you off.” ‘Then 
I turned away and, saidy, God forgive him, he knows not:-what'he is domg.” 
Herel, was.in a land, of. bigots,.and | my followers weresdisheartened. I 
said, “let, us,.go, into the.country , bearing northward, there. we:shall finda 
work, to do, but; Joppa has.ever, damned ,God’s, children ‘from the beginning 
of.time.”,, But ere, we departed the inhabitants began:to'gather in ithe cen- 
ter of the greatisquare..° 1 said. to, my. |brother, “Jet us!:do-our work and 
then we,will:fleethe city.” We did begin ;) there werelame, halt/and blind, 
some laying on|the, ground, some-on beds, some on; crutches, and children‘itt 
thei mother’s.arms:,, Hundreds. were -healed’. that day between the rising 
and the.setting sun. | Here,I heard:by,a beggar: that he:had seen Joseph and 
his family.on their. way.to Tyre. ; Lanswered, “my mother is going back todie 
in her own city,; my, father,and jbrothers- will perish there.” .» “Holy, Eter- 
nal God,” I.exclaimed, “let-me)go and,look on them) once more; then I will 
say;i“Thy will bejdone.”, ‘Lhe beggar continued, “Martha and: Lazarus’ is 
somewhere around Joppa, because LLazarus’s. health was so poor they thought 
it would.bestto remain ‘in, a milder, climate then; ‘as ouridays:work ‘was done 
and night was closing, in. 1. said to, my followers, “‘let)us go away by our 
selves, and (od’s, child, will tell us where to find, friends:.and they will make’ 
Us, comfortable this.night at least.” )We,withdrew fromthe multitude, some 
wentone.way and.some another, but we:met,at.a brook.)i: Here! we'satidown 
on the, bank of the. liptle stream;and asked | God to:directius) ovAs Jude sat 
beside. me, Ilaid my, hand jin. his,.then, his breath came deep and I saw' 
‘God's. child. breathe. her. life ‘into his, body; then»he arose to his'feet and 
said, “come, dear brother, Martha is asking! for you now. . J tolds her you 
was. coming,,..[), will lead you) theres all will Rone, but on tscome all a, 
time lest your, mal be followed’ 4 

lay oe A of milk ont our-coming. © She hi me at the door 
and. folded me. to,her{bosom ; she could, not speak-but wept! ds if her Heart 
would break. .1jwas too dull for utterance.) Lazarus held my hand and at- 
tempted.to speak, but his breath. left)himy; he fell back: and Seth eaucht ‘him: 
in, bis;arms. ,, Here,Jude; came forward and the angels ‘breathed a prayer® 
fresh from the, bosom, of Almighty» God,and we forgot: our:grief as God's: 
loye for his chilrden filled our souls.| We called .on! God:to assist-us in ovr! 
hourjof.need,) and .we, got’ answer from the: angel breath, “God'is here in 


| your: midst;;; let! us.praise him, forever and: forever.” “We then ate our bread’ 





and,» drank; our; milk, ,and, Jaid )down::and) ‘slept. in’ the bosom: ‘of 
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(Martha come to, me earl¥'in' the morning’and said; “dear boy; Maty has 
gone back) tow’Pyré, hoping to find friends thére in her father’s blood ; hop- 
ing. to get protection “from them:':'They must Have reached there by’ this 
time, as I have béén here two' weeks. | Lazarus has’ been ‘feeble ever sine 
awe left the mountain air.’ Leiah' came to us and ‘said, ‘you may go back to 
"Lyre; I will’bring! your boy to you there?” — ‘Mary bowed her: head” and 
baid;) “if it: be: God's will)I will begin my: journey’ early. *» Joseph came in 
and, Mary said,»“God’s'command is upon tis 3"'We' are to: go ‘back to Tyre to 
meet our'boy.”:'There Joseph breathed'a prayer'to Almighty’ God: for thé 
safety of his:family); they lay down and ‘slept; “but ‘they al! ‘arose atearly 
dawn and begun their long-and tedious journey: After two days! we reached 
the lowlands, ‘them: we crossed the’ country towards the hills of Judea, ‘and 
we reached Joppa» /atter three weeks of wandering about, having to leave 
the main road as much’as'possible lest we should’ fallin with Gonfessors: Here 
Lazarus's; strength gave out ‘and’ we.wére compelled to remain while the 
rest. went.on their way! “Ichave (not*heard from ther since! I Jeft. them ‘on 
the ‘main |road.” Mary’ -was| heavy, Jessie ‘was a heft; and. Joseph had to 
strapihim on his back, but he ‘would go on his crutches all hé ‘could. Lazas 
arus gave out.and here we.are; and if it please. God we shall start for Tyre 
as}.soon as'this: commotion passes ‘away; then she\said, dear’ Jesus, lie 


down until\I have prepared brerkfast,' then’ I will eall' you.” > She prepared 
her bread and while it was’ baking’ she eame back to'thevagain’; then shé 


breathed a prayer:for God's children, deep and'earnest ; ‘then ’sné arose “and 


spread the board; :we all) bathed’and filled’ thas ‘home with deep’ yearning — 


prayer for, hunidnity.»>: We)ate’ and ‘then prepared for the gréat squaré 


again; here’we founda great multitude gathering from all parts, hoping to’ 


be blest by being healed oftheir: diseases, and hebathed with God’s elec- 
tties power,! *yet..they: could not! explain, ‘still shy, bis pnluaeojaae 2 ay. 
feeling that they hadmever felt ‘before. © °! WY gi 

_« Lealled a band of beggars to me and ‘said,’ “Géd has held you ‘froin death 
until this hour, in order that he could feed you with the bread’ of life, ‘the’ 
bread that perisheth not” then I exclaimed, ‘the hour is at‘ Hand that'you 


will leave this land: of ‘death:and ell £0 ye to Caldea’s borders, there you. 
will find, bread. tocteed'the body, but do not forget’ God has a’ dematid ‘upon’ 


you+-that is labor; ‘the: faithful laborer’ is sure to get his reward ih'An 


abundant harvest, unless the ‘dews’ of heaven’ are’ withheld and ‘the vain’ 


ceases to fall”; here they gathered around and’ said, “we bad no bread yes: 
terday and we are fasting still” ;\then I shouted,’ “O ye'men of Joppa, that: 
haye your storehousés filled, 'gé'ye and bring your barley in'theé loaf,’in the’ 
meal.and in the kernel; let these ‘poor faeehine bodies be’ fed, then they’ 
can be filled:with God’s électric light”: Thete were brought! in that’ hour: 


many.baskets of bread, bags of meal, and hags of barley; then I’said, “dat 


and be filled, and take the rest, bear it on your journey, and if you find'aay® 


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poor beggars divide with them; begin, your,journey | even this hour; bear. 
back the mother of Thomas and the mother. of. Stephen, that, followed their: 
children here, but they, must follow them) no longer. as they belong te,God) 
and ‘humanity, and they,..must be resigned, to their, Father’s will.” Here) 
another band of beggars. came and, I bade them,follow; the others, to eat) and; 
drink with them. and depart. with them; .else.they. would be surely cut off, 
before five days. . They all went, upon. a; hillside, :a little: way from, the city,) 
there, they .sat. down, ate, and gave thanks. | There,was one among them, 
called Zachariah; he, was; filled with.. God); the. became., electrified and | 
shouted, “Holy, Creator God Jead.these, Thy. children, from, the, damning ing, 
fluence of priests and confessors ;),lead them into the, green pastures beside; 
the; still waters; and_;>may.they plant, human, souls; and;may, they flourish, 
like the green bay tree, until they fill,all the desolate. places,that have been 
left in, rains by, .the devices) of ; fiends, and, bigots. May, God, hold control 
until their hymns shall.go welling up; in one; mighty, ‘wave and.mingle with; 
the; angel, band. beyond... Bathe, O..bathe,ye in;the.pure waters, and be 
clean, that you, may became heirs of eternal. life” ;, then, he shouted, “go, go, | 
go, eyen nowy, lest,.the hand of death. will fall,upon you.” se, then said; 


“farewell, I Jeaye you'in God’s; hands.” |He.then fell, back and, ceased, to 


breathe forever ‘then, they..gather: ed. up, all, they,had andjfled to; Caldea, ; 
there they began .to. till, the earth, they dwelt there,a holy people; they 
filled the land, with their degcendants and their blood -fills the land,even, until 
this day, declaring one God and.one..God. only; Here, are, the Caldeans of — 
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IT saw the beggars departing :and I said, “God’s/glory:fills their souls) 
and he will lead|and' guide:them even to: their journey’s' end.”».’ Here was' 
one brought on a‘drag); his»-cords »were icontracted' and ‘his feet were drawn: 
éven, to: his;back, and his hands;were entirely useless ; here: I) called all’ of 
my disciples) around me and said, “letrus make conditions for. God to:.relieve 
this poor brother from,his malady.” Here we gathered: around him and 
joined hands, then we shouted in one:breath, ‘Holy,: Almighty) God, ‘assist 
Thy. children, that they, may bless:humanity.” «.Hé. arose ito’ his:kneesand 
shouted, “God is here,”»,{Then we all reached) our) hands toward him, and’ 
gave off all the,electricity, we could:command 3) then: he «sprang!:to his feet) 
and, walked), away: {among the//crowd saying, “Liwas bound, but»now Ivam' 
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inorder that we could gather. again, and: no isOotier had we gone ‘bak 'than 
the ‘chief ruler of thé’ Jews came before me atid said, “O son’ of mat T’ ath 
in deep’ grief, I have a ‘daughter’ Tying’ de a in my ‘house: ‘beyond’ the brook ‘ 
Cedron, she'’died’ at’ “early dawn’ and | ‘my ‘household is in mourning.” a 
breathed deep and said, “Tbehold thy daughter, she is not dead but! sleep 
eth. "I ‘seé/arn ange? Holding her in‘ her bosom in an entraiided sleep. “Go 
home, filled with’ faith’ in God;'and the damsel ‘will meet you ere you réach 
your: home.” He° answered, “Ihave faith that God Will. save my ‘child: a 
Now he’ ly d down eight shekels'i in ‘gold. I said ‘tothe’ bystanders, * eather 
up the gold, go buy bréad, even in’ this hour, there is gréat need of: barley 
bread’ among this fhultitude} ; ‘bring’ ‘and’ ‘scatter.’ “He ‘that lay down the 
gold‘ has blessed humanity, andGod “will \ give’back his daughter to bless 
the father. “Jew: as ‘he® i8,° Go@has fo respéct between Jéw and Gentile” 
Heéré they broughti‘a man ‘filled’ ‘with® boils from his head ‘to his’ “feet 5 ‘fal 
back was'one mass’ of’ boilsand ‘he lid 'té rést off his elbows and Knées. *’T’ 
said to'those that ‘boré‘him along, “bear him’ away to ‘the ‘brook yonder, 
letithe cold water flow ‘over’ him at léast half af hour, théh bring him back 
to mé again’ Evén “then ‘a femalé knelt) besidé’ me and’said, “Mastety’ 
| Master, I an dying ofa fever. I said) “Creator, God). lend thy aid that 
' she may be healed” » I reached my hand’to her she lay her hand in imine, 
then she ‘arose to her féet and exclaimed) “I am healed”: Here the’ ‘man’ 
was ‘brought back frém thé brook! | Tisaid; “Oman, God has’ cleansed’ your 
body, ‘now cleanse’ your soul (‘from drunkentiéss' and debauchery, and’ you 
may yet become a glory to the living’ God” He arose to‘his: feet and 
walked off, and in after time he became a dispenser of light among the poor 
inhabitants of Judea. ) 

I had now become nearly exhausted and said, “let us flee this people ere 
we fall and cannot rise.” “Where shall we go where there is rest and 
peace?” I answered, “even to Martha’s, it being now dark.” I said, “let 
God’s angel children direct us dud all'is well.” ‘Then I saw: my angel friend, 
she reached out her hand to me and said, “come brother, Martha asked me 
to comeécandseevfo harmchad befalléniyou ; her barley bread is baked and 
| waiting» || Lazarus is'‘feeling stronger,” she continued, mein he:has for a ae 
time, ind: he will begin:bis journeyofor Tyre atvearly dawn.) 90) 9000 9h 

aAis; we | entéred:there;-Martha’s savored mea-tsfilled us sea sheapiaci 
we allfelt God had prepared)arfeast fori us. Here we asked’ God ‘to bless’ 
his childrea ere'we supped:, Afterthe evening! prayers ‘the’ apostles laid 
down::their weary bodies, to ?ést..)\ Lo remained apart in’ order to ‘talk with. 
Lazarus ‘and: Martha... Affer Ir) had: conversed: for. a timeiwith Lazarus, 
he folded! me:to:his! bosom: and saidj: tay my Father, God; bear youalong 
until -homanity:. maybe» blest) and:awwork can ber begun for coming agesi” 
How’ feeble’ is! namin! the:-hands ofyan ‘All Wise God that holds ¢ontrol of 
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God’ alls us’ hence ‘to ‘a happier condition: He'then préssed mé to bis 

bosom and imprinted kisses on my forehead and bosom. °“How hard,” he 

saidy “it is “for ie toisay God's will be dohe when’ His’ will is that ry boy 
must die upon'the cross.” Here’ he ‘fell back arid wa¥ entranced 5’ then he 

rosé to his feet’ and said, “my angel brother‘belongs to’ God, ‘and may he'be 
bortie> along until the hour draws ‘near, dnd then I will die for him if’ it be 

my fathel’s'will.”’ Hold him, O my God; front the band © of andinted priests 
that are’ now °gathering in Joppa, intendifias sdon'as he comes forth to 

begin his work ’ to! cut off him ‘and his followers with their battle axes; but 
they” will “not molest “him” to-night’ go ‘and’ Nie down, déaf brother, Iwill 
awake “you “when it is timéto fiée, and: have'this poor frail body Tam 

breathiie through; rest also.”'' He “continued, “Martha you may? bid ‘the 
holy child farewell ‘as'you will not see hint again until he has passed through 
many changes” Then ‘as my controller breathed out of Lazarus he left 

hint'in a deep sleep. “Martha knelt beside"me. ° I rested my head upon her 
bosom :’'there we both wept uritil our hearts were nearly broken. “Martha 
knéw I mist die. IT ‘knew I must’ be hung’ upon’ the cross like'a guilty 
thine. Here! we both asked God to’ breathe’ us ‘out of our bodies even 
there! My controller breathed upon me’ and said,’ “waste not your time in 
laifientations because “the ‘morrow ‘has its demands upon you; and you must 
all depart from ‘here in about four’ hours.” | As ‘he breathed out of me 
again, I foldéd' my arms‘about’ Martha's neck, and I Held her until I fainted, 
éven as-I'lay my) head upon her bosom. TI saw the'¢ross' before me and my- 
_ sélf/hanging upon itso’ Then my heart ceased’to beat and" I fainted; they 
all wete|-asleep, andin the mid’of the’ night'a’ crash'was heard they all’ 
sprang’ to'their feet’ Ihad-not been asleep; had ‘only been*held‘calm ina, 
half ‘controlled’ condition. I said Léiah'is here’in'order to hasten our de- 
partare?’ ‘Martha chad’ already gore “along with’ Lazarus before ‘there’ was 
any disturbance. I exclaimed, “they are.already coming ‘to. carry ‘us on the 
great square preparatory for a public:execution:: Hasten toward the city of 
Jerusalem there! we ‘have a work to ‘doin’ order we(shall be held in remem- 
brance until God‘ean bring’about’changés that we'can come back and finish 
up what has been done, that is; you will be nailed to the ‘cross and your fol- 
lowersall lain low ‘by the battle axe.”’ Here Iexclaimed intthe bitterness 
oft my soul}! “if God vhas &avéd me from’ death im order ‘that Iishould be 
nailed'to the cross, is itjastice for me tosuffer for ‘the ‘injustice of: priests, 
fiends: and ‘confessors ??° Here’ the: -horror of. bemg! ‘crucified came ‘before, 
me and! I “was ‘unablé ito ‘breathe:)Then my breath came deep and God’s 
child folded me tov’her bosom and said, “ihe battle axesare all ready ; come 
hasten away, even now.” oTearose’ to my feet ; Twas feverish and ex- 

hausted!; then my angel friend lay ‘her hand in’mine’and we hastened away. 

My ‘brothers had gone quitea distance, but I-soon came up to them: I said, 
“flee “tothe forest until that band of! priests have passed, and by the time 


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they reach the great, square — go! to:drag us forth for slaughter, wé,cam be) 
entirely,out of their reach; ;, Here, I made an expression like this,, “Holy; 
Creator, if, thom thast.created in thy » wisdom;s, fiends, priests aud confessor, 
eare for them. ere, they, destroy.the whole earth?” Then. I heard .a; voice, it: 
came so calm and) clear,; ‘brother, God. jis; here hold), yourself, in , a condi: 
tion, and, 1) wills explain to.you,how God's changes are preparing the way 
where the, wicked devices of/ man mast be held by theilights fromthe! living: — 
God ;,the- heathen » bigot, isto be laid, low, in|God’s. own{time,,and a: higher 
order of things will come forth.”\'Herg I. said; sagain,.§ “how ds it; necessary! 
for me, a,poor feeble thing..to suffer and, die, unless , God’s '$,ehanges are to be; 
wrourht'through those changes ??,..Them I got for answer, {by your death, 
upon the cross, God can begin a daub lc for humanity, that cannot,be. finished: 
until.ages on, ages shall pass, away, | then, God: will. demand, of. yousto finish 
up that. which will. be, begun by your death,” Then t answered). God's, 
will not mine ,be,done,?”,, Here..we reached: Huis brook,, Oedron,), Here. I) 
said. to/my followers,. “here. resides. the,,chief,,ruler of, the. country. round; 
about. Joppa. His daughter » even now is entranced, andjhas laid. there fourj 
hours. Twill hasten forward,and awake jher ere you reach,there,” Here; 
* Jude breathed deep,and’ said, .“fshe has alreadysawoke as/ I, haye, even now) 
left her... IL told. her father to. prepare meat for,you as you, were all hungry,! 
and then,” I said,, they will depart; in peace. |.Now go \there,) but.do not, 
linger’; Hasten, away,ere the. commotion (reaches, there.” FE; ohurried jas, fast, 
as/L,could,, and we; allate and,fledj lest jharm)should fall, apon them. «Theat 
day|;we) made two, leagues ,and,many had gathered together, because they: 
had heard {by a mule. driver; that the Hebrew fanatic had, fled Joppa and. 
was making his:;way toward Jernsalem.:» One ,of;the lawyers, of: (Jerusalem, 
had heard that the, Hebrew.was creating a great disturbance all through ‘the’ 


country;:jand jhe .was: determined to confront him andjdrive him from the | 


border -country, he :being, a Jew, and he had heard, that he-denounced the: 
Jewish ritual,,,and he; /thought it. was high time he was driven out of ;the, 
country, . ‘As the,country) was hilly,:and I saw,the main road was filled, witli, 
people, and. fearing they had comie-to bear: us away, I erossed the road andi 
made my way to the hillside;:then’ T was faint; and weary... Lsatidown, by: 
a spring ;\ after drinking freely and( bathing my head, Leiah! said,\“we-will 
feed this’ people with bread that perisheth not.” I saw) the multitude com- 
ing toward me. J ‘arose to my feet; I then breathed deep and exciaimed; 
“whoo among | you that<thirst,let him (come and drink|;..who, is-bungry, let 
him) ¢ome and eat; who. is; heavy laden; come and Twill give himuest.”, 

Here I sawoone:among them making his way toward. me, and], knew, by his, 
garments he: was of vhigh blood. «There. L:,stood’ a poor, ragged, beggarly| 
thing, and» ‘he:! iny court garments,,.| Lbreathed deep, and exclaimed, ‘who’ 
among yourwould erush,a; withered flower that, God, has, held, from, death in, 
order ‘his children! should: receive light.? Who among you. have sought, to’ 


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iat God’s child, that is, ready, and willing to lay down, all he, has, ¢ even his 


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among you that dare ay a band on this body, I willeall on.God.to. assist.in 
chaining, him, with electricity,” I yhad, no,sooner spoke these words than he 
pressed forward and shouted, ; “begone, thou heretic, or, I will bind you with, 
cords and ,haye,,you ,dragged away,”, ;.1) then raised my, hands and said, 
“Holy, Almighty. G ‘od, hold control, here, hereafter,..and forever.) ,At 
that moment, saw)a, light fall all over, him, and he fell back, and made. this 
expression, ot am, Fcging to death.” . I.said again, “Holy.:.God, hold, my 
brother from death,,.that, through baie Thon, canst be glorified.” ;,Then I 
knelt beside, him and bathed. his) temples and lay his palm jn, mine, and asked 
God. to breathe, upon him that he might live,, While L,was bending o’er 
him, he opened, his eyes, and closed them, again. Then he said, “ God) for- 
give me, I. would have destroyed the holiest, thing, Thou,hast ever created.” 


'T said “come brother, let us praise God together”, .from that hour he was 


my, friend and;.my brother. He, followed ‘me. even tojthe, cross. This 
brother’s. name was Bartholomew. ,,He drew near,to,me and said,'“brother, 
I would die. for,youif need be,” , He hadjbelonged to,.an order. called, Free 
Masons, but, I was, not. of; that order.,.,.My;controller was the founder, of that 
order, in the beginning... He answered, “T am, beside: you, brother, and will 
lead and guide you through the dark passage until:you, can discern, thejlight 
beyond.” . Here .I .was.controlied .and, must -have,heldsforth at least two 
hours, ; but;,.as,; the,.influence) | left,,. me,jin,.part,, I..saw, them departing 
in every direction.,.as they were \and),hungered,; .J jcalled, for them 
to..stop. .“God's .command,.is,that,.you, shall.nemain .as jyou_,are,), and 
he , will. feed, you with, bread, that, perisheth not.”,,. Then. they (all 
sat) down: on, | the hill side. I espied),a beggar,;,,I. said, to him 
‘shave you bread ” He said, “I, have.a crust, here it is, it belongs, to! God’s 
angel childrenjif they need it.”,. I,took the crustj crumbled it into, my hand, 
then shouted, “here is bread, eat.yeiand be filled.” \I|jwas, then. folded in 
the *bosom of an} angel; and ‘was held, in,thatjelectri¢ condition four hours 


longer... They,ate the bread.of life, that. day. until they iwere all filled, and. 


while they were feasting on God’s bread they,had forgot their hungex for 
barley, bread, and,when. they ,departed. they bore away,many.a basket full 
to those that, could not come, and eat. of;,God’s, bread for themselves... After, 
they had, gone. the, brother; that bad-been stricken down came to! me ‘and; 
reached ; out his; hand, and. said, “brother, God is here ; his children are 
here, I see them even now, There: is, an angel .of light beside you, even 
now. . Who jcan ‘she be, so filled with light ; her name must be, Light... I 
answered, “her.nameis Light,.and she is Leiah’s.daughter.” ) At the name, 
of Leiah he started back, and exclaimed, “Holy, Eternal God, have, gazed 
upon the light that was light from eternal/light 2”, Then,he reached out his 
hands and. said,, “come to me through Jight from, eternal distance.” I an- 


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swered, Goll’ light “has “founda resting place’in thy’ bosom, and” may a¢ 
shine forth: forever, etéernal'and forever.” Here TD! Was ‘controlled: ‘and de- 
clared Leiah was contréller’of that body, and! his daughter must! be ealled 
his comforté aid helpers Inall of his’ labor froma the first foundation ofthat 
order théy had controlled i in'every holy institution, and had’ led the’ brothers! 
through ° ‘the dark’ passage ‘and led them’ to the inner ‘chamber where they” 
met their brother) ‘and by their ‘brothers hand they were robed for their’ la- 


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bor’; then’ they’ would beai® them forward, and inthe’ ‘holy bf tilies they 
would kneel with them:in prayer, even While’ they knelt by the square, home | 


ask God to’ assist them ‘in’ drawing each Tine by thie coinpass. © 'Thet’ they. 

would fold their’ brothers 0 their bosons through the Gand Avehbishop’; 5 
then they: ‘would’part uipon the level-that they might meet as brothers 'in- all 
coming time, and when earth had‘céased to°*hold them longer, they might 


deposit thé evergreen on their coffins that they may be held in’ ‘hetentere tte 


Rate and meet ‘inthe holyof ‘oliés beyond Goa’s ether blue? 

‘After Leiah ‘had “dedlared what he “had ‘for ‘his brother, I fell back 
_ like one dead. | Bartholomew catight:'me “in” his arms and saidj' “breathe: 
brother, breathe, Iam filled with God's love for you ; ; live but to bless me, 
you are the holiest ‘thing: God ever created ; live’ and I «will follow you 
evéh to: the cross, as it is sions you ae be’ hung’ upoit'the ‘etoss) and aR 
will die: for you if’ T ean’ i Lia a rudd wey abi. bam tm 


Here I called the brothers around me and said, “there - ks dt’ humble fish= 
erman who lives beside the river Jordan. © He?will give us bread! if he has 


any, and will Jet us lie‘down'and rest. “We all repaired there and found 


hit’ drunk,''biit his kind “companidn ‘said, “come itt, ye are going around 
healitig the'siek and God bas/brought you here ; my child’ lays ‘sick ‘with a 


fever, and T feared he would die} and Iasked 'God to bring him relief 
through his children’; ‘hé ‘sleeps !now;” Dat’ when he! awakes" you! will ‘lay 


hands upon him and he! will dive.” Dithén’ said, *God’s childten must feed. 


the body and God'will'feed the soul.” Her! ideas were ‘qaickened ‘and she 


said, “you ‘hunger;) Ti willoboil'you some fish, but bread I Wave tone.” of 


answered, “God's” bread is free for/all; and we’ will ask God! ‘for’ ‘his: bread’ 
while you ‘prepare the fishes.” 97° 60, Qala OF TAKd, Sse 

‘Flere the boy awoke! Isaid, “electri¢ life fills 'me!! rewin i aa the'lad 
over evennow.'' I uiicoveréd the body’and drew my? hands’ down from his 
Héad:to' his feet’; ‘then’ ‘he!’ sprang from the bed atid called’ for water, and 


said ‘Dam healed? ”'>'The followers knelt: im prayer while T lay harids upon’ 


the’sick boy.’ “Lhe father arose from “his bed where he had’ been’ laying for 
hours and éxelaiiied; “what are -you doing with this band of bégears.””'L 
said, “brother, God is hére’; your:son was sick and isfnow’ healed, and ‘God’s 

anvel” children! aré ‘here, and they’ will care you of your drunkernéss if 


you / will assist them.” As ‘he 'lookéid’arotnd he saw Bartholomew, and’ 
hé thought him a Magistrate, and he said, “leave ins with my family and T 








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will néver drink’ ‘any more.” ‘Then’ I said; “his promise is recorded ip 
book. of the’ living God; dare not touch any more leet God cuts you'd 
He bowed his ‘head and said, “I will drivk no’ moré.” We ate and apt 
until morning: dawned upon us, then we tageatats saying, “God will feed us, 
aes ‘have nothing to-spare.” — ea tibet, Boia ed | 

~ That day we entered ‘J erusalem 3 many were gathered i in groups wherever 
we went. The’ preat square: “was one vast congrevation of human bodies. 
T made 1 my way into the center of the square ; there were timbers piled up 
for ¢ a gallows.” Ai knew why they were heaped there, but fearless I stepped 
on the platform and shouted, “hére’ God! has reared’ an altar for all cowing 
ages.” I was acecsted by ae servant of Caiphas, andhe: said, “begone, or 
I will bang you even now.” | “Lay hands on this body and I will show you 
that’ God’ 8 commands are td be! obeyed. Go back to Caiphas,” I! said to 
him, éhis boy is here ‘doing God's’ work it blessing humanity, while his) 
father is damning them, ‘and if ‘he will flee hell ¢ nd ‘assist his boy, there’ will 
be’ some! hopes of his being ‘held from ‘eternal darkness, but if ‘he waits 
until his boy comes to him, it will ‘be when time is no more.” 


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T'was borne along through the crowd by the strong arm of ‘Bartholomew, 
even back to the fisherman’s hut on the’ bank of the stream. That day 
Peter had caught his ‘net’ full‘of fishes, and he had exchanged a part for 
barley meal, and that night we suppéd on bread and fish. Here the’ broth- 
ers came in even as’ we were breaking the bread, and John exclaimed, 
“God feeds us with barley bread ‘still, that we may 6 on with our work for 
coming ages, but none can never know how dearly the knowledge will be 
bought by those that ly down ‘all they-have, even their ‘lives, that the veil 
of mystification may be torn’ away and God’s wonders We laid bare by the 
light within the human soul.” I ‘said, “come: brothér, come and Fas then 
we will ask for light from eternal distance to guide us on our way.” 

. That night we slept, but ere morning dawned I heard decp groans come 

welling up from the heart of Stephen. “I spoke to him and said, “Stephen, 
are you dreaming ?”” He said, “I have “had ‘a fearful dream ; Usaw my 
four beautiful sisters ditage ved away by donféssors. YT calléd on ‘God to‘as- 
sist me, and no’ answer came until God’s child answered, “brother, you have 
had’ A ‘fearful dream, but you ‘must leave thet in their creator’s hands ; 
you must work’ for’ coming ages that the inhabitants of earth can discern 


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good oe evil, then they will learn that. man has sought to. jbind,, but God 


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would have them free. A Said, “sleep, brothery, sleeps God | has a work, for, 


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us. to. do,on. the, morrow, e there willy, be many, gather , on, the bank, of | the. 
stream, and, sve) will, bless, them, there,” then, dh, fel) Lasleep. and didmot.. ” 


awake wail} the sun arose. That day was "fair until midday, 5. many, had ga th-, 
ered . together ;.I went out.and, greeted them j in early. morn, then J ate, nt 
gave, God the glory, ., I, then went, out jn their midst and, said, “friends, b 


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loved. God _is in-our, ridst ; let us give. him, the glory, forex ¢ er, _ Now, d was, : 


entranced by:the holy, Jeptha,, wi Tsay him approach. me ; be folded. me 49 
his; bosom and I, forgot,.all. earthly, t things, ;.,he, breathed deep FOR, God! /S, 
wondrous creation,.and I. floated away, into, .a, holy, hea venly. ¢ condition and, 
found,rest.' I breathed, from the; nger, life. of all. things, and that breath, 
filled. me with holy; resignation, to the. will,of of my Creator, God, ,. There, I, 
saw the aged patriarchs); there I.saw theyholyjangels,filled with holy. ado> 
ration to their Creator, God ; there..I ;saw,,the holy, angeli¢, band singing, 
praises to the, great first.cause,and.as,I approached them, they, , ;made, me; 
feel I was one of them,,,, Here J saw.the holy, Sabilla ;, he, Feached | out his, 
hand to me, bade me w elcome, then he said, ‘“Wrother, your earth work is 
nearly finished, and you will be ove of us.” I shouted, “holy Creator, God, 
leave me as I am among thy children, freed from earth.” Here I got an- 
swer from one still beyond us, “I will bring thee back when thy earth 
mission is finished in this holy condition, until humanity’s demand for another 
humah sacrifice cannot be appeased, then you must go back again to finish 
up by being nailed to the cross. ‘ T- will -bréathe’ upon you in your hour of 
agony, and I will fold you in my bosom, and you shall be blest.” Then I 
held my breath; I knew, I. must., go back to earth and suffer death in that 
earthly body. While I was, mee to feel the death PREM come over me,, 
I heard an angel voice, say,, “come brother, the. day Js on spent; and you 
must.come back to your earthly body, ; and, Sabilla. must leave it ev ren NOW, 
amen.” I answered, “God’s. will, not, mine, be done.” _ Then I, found, ON, 
self trying to breathe into that body, again. as, it day, there on: the ¢ cold g ground,, 
John, raised the, body up, and held, it close, in his warm bosom, warm. with, 
earth magnetism and , warm with holy. love tor, the pogr b bruised body. , He, 
called his brother; then Bartholomew. came, forward, and. held the, ae * 
his hands on the hollow of my feet,, God’ Ss ‘child Jay, hherjhands upon .m 
bro: w-and Gua God to assist ‘them, ni then L began to, breathe. SARE oat 
body again, qslaew thier age 
The day shad mito ben away 3 dark ‘loads, hee hea vy 0 0 er, US, and, 

the. multitude , had dispersed ;when, I heard a mighty crash among, the eles, 
ments, » I arose to, my feet ; then, 1 raised my, hands, over, my, head and ex 
claimed, “the birds of, the. air, have. their nests, the, beasts. have | their, dens,, 
but the Sonof, Man bas. nowhere,to lay, his, head.” Then. heard.a yoice, 


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say,,“save, oh. save me, lest, I perish.” Then I darted forward and say, 








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Ee wlte ‘boat | being’ dashed: about upon the stveam. ~ I shouted; “Eoly} AL 

thighty God, assist! Petet, lest he perish.” 2”: JPhe boat was dashed ‘high: upon 
thé shores!’ 1 sprati¢ into iti * Peter cried, “sive, oh save me, lest I perish!” 
Tsaid, “your oath has béen broken ; you ‘have again beendrinking strong 
tink” 'T saw his bottle and it-was’nearly emptys ‘11 stooped and picked 
Up thé bottle. ‘At that moment’ Dsawa mighty’ wave” coming | directly 'to- 
ward where We stood) I ‘bécame ‘electrified! allover ;) I threw: mycarm 
atound Peter and'said; “hasten, O hasten; lest we be‘dashed to pieces?) I 
assistéd hiin’ from the Boat, he beite still drunk. ‘I shouted for Bartholo! 
iieW to Come and assist thé poor drunken'brother.’ We bore hiny high upon 
the bank; then I gaid, “look, Peter, look 3: the’boat was dashed hich upon 
a tock’ and dashed (64 pieces.” oThew Pharled the bottle‘into: the stream, ‘and 
said, ' “God has dashed' the! boat and D will dash the bottle now Peter save 
yourself frony drutkenness, death’ and°helli”?’ He’ fell down and we left him 
there. ‘Bartholomew then ‘leld the in “his arms) and said, “eome, letous 
dtiter my homes it'is dark and’none will’know of our‘coming but my own 
fimnily” “Heithen continued, “my father already knows of our coming; as 
he sent a servant to assist us to enter there unobserved,” » I then called to 
Hiseariot, and! John} and Thomasyfand said,’ “we'shall be blest to-night, but 
we must de epart from there ere the morning’ dawns,” but we did not find rest 
that night except ipo the cold arth. ‘Phe’ commotion about the city 
. catised Gs té'fear to enter’ there, but'in: the’ ‘still‘hours of nightia messenger 
came to Barthélomew from his: father asking him‘to hasten home. ) He an- 
swered, “if it”) please God Twill find r rest beside’my' father on the morrow 
ee. si Say to my’ father, “remain! within all day, as there willbe ereat 
éxcitément amon? the jnhabitants of: Jerusalens, ‘and I will ‘seek’ to ¢ome 
to hin?” “Here! the ‘messeieer bowed his ‘head ‘and “went ‘away.’ In 
the morning we arose and entered that city where I was to die when? P liad 
lived 64t that portion of life which was'allotted mé.°° P'was cofitrolled from 
iiorn until Hight, ékeepe twice throngh the day T had’a faint recollection of 
sééing? ® 4 vast multitude Around ‘me ’ Bartholomew" said, “brother Jésus, T 
would tie for you if T could?" He bore me away from the multitude’ in his 
ats! And ‘htered a mansion bedecked ° with ‘all of eastern splendor. I 
looked aroutid hardly kAoWing’ if’ I was in’ ‘my body or in spirit.” My fol- 
lowers all came it ’goon after, and thé house Was fh ereat commotion. The’ 
family° ‘all’ gathered afound’ to’ ‘see’ the! Hébrew that had caused so niveh 
excitement) “The father’ canié and’sat béside me; 'tobk my hand in his, and 
said, “How frail/he'is $ how can they’ hail ‘him tothe cross?” ! I answered; 
“Gods decree is that I should die that man may Know him through bis won- 
dros works,’ and’ that) hypoctisy, deteit and: ‘priesteraft shall be held from 
destroying His hishest, His | holiest’ creation,” ‘Hlis‘children.’ “He bowed his 
head’ anid’ said, “Hedthén iddlatrous worshippers will déstroy all the Jews but 
airemnant ; they’ will be held’ to declate God’s‘wonlers” I then lay my 


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head-on Bartholomew's bosom and fell asleep’ s he, Jay,me down on a silken 
couch, and there I slept.until,the morning dawned upon me... » John sat. he: | 

side me ; he ‘had: been, my faithful friend for a long) time, oe he held my 
hand in his; and.‘as’ he ,held ,my . hand, jin his, he’ burst into tears, 
T. ‘made mk, yoof what, had . happened.;' He anpvereds itophe (has 


Feicl they, ‘that , came +6; you, lat Caldea cap ce “edeante Al 
Caiphas is determined to) hang. us, all ;unless: we. flee. the «country. 
1 breathed deepiand said, “make-conditions to bear this, body, from | here;.as 
goon as night Goyors earth with, her,mantle, ; bear, him’. to Fyre, and leave 
him in the, home - of: his, mother, but ,don’t ener there 5 flee the.country 
at least forty days, then come! pack, and! eare for him. that is, to lay, down his 
life. on the .alfar that |humanity of the present has: reared for him. They. 
areinot aceountable, for:him, but .coming ages will learn, that, his life.and 
death was for them when changes have been wrought and through the light 
of inspiration they are-willing to, say, “he-is,my friend and my brother, and, 
(sod is father of\us all’, Here, the influence left me and I lay, my head,on: 
John’s bosom, and ‘we, wept. together; : ot ines fp 

All that.day we were compelled: to remain sittitn fim ake as, rat card 
on we prepared for owr departure. I. called;the father andmother, of Bar-, 
tholomew to me .and;said, “keep your son here-within, doors lest he be cut, 
off; until, God calls him.forth again, in, order that he may assist; me and bear, 
me, along until, the hour comes for me to,die.”;, The father, answered, “my, 
son is a lawyer, and, he should.free himself from this disgrace of ;being. 
drawn into. this Hebrew. rabble, and he will.be beheaded.if he follows you, 
longer, and I-shall go down.to the grave sorrowing,” . I, answered, , “let him, 
work for coming ages, and, you -will; have: a..crown,of Baht in the ae 


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world beyond.” =: rere ba 

It. had now, begun to. guns ioe ry | kidd ne shall pms he sei at 
may you be held from, despair, for your son will: surely.lay down his life.on, 
the altar of humanity, and coming ages will give, him all that, is his. due, and, 
his noble acts, with his name, will beheld when-you will be dost tothe mem-, 
ory of God’s children.” Then; the father groaned, and said, give him back, 
to) me, it is all I will. ave ” | Lanswered, “God. holds. his own and. will hold; 
them forever.” I called ii. brothers and ‘said, “et us. now hasten away,,;,; 
John., will, bear me to my.mother; and you nyust all care, for yourselves,” 
Bartholomew said, ‘brother, let, me; assist, you, to, your mother, then, I, will, 
be gone.” . Hered was, controlled, and said,’ “let Bartholomew; flee..the. king-. 
dom, because they are asking, for him, even now,” Then. .there wasia, hae | 
commotion in the;court below, ‘and .L,was commanded, .to flee down. the dark. 
passage and continue in that same direction until J; reached; the) main, road, 
and my brothers, were to remain in that, mderground. passage until, the .com-| 
motion ceased. I was. borne: along. in the dark, until I reached the, main. 











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‘Toad. _,As the cap stone was, firmly js<t; wh ere T must. pass out, I was for ced 
to ‘make a great, effort i iD order to get ont; >the cap- -stone gave away and I 
found myself free again to breathe, God's electric alr, ) I saw Il was outside 
the city, walls, bat. I knew not where ito go. ms sat dri and covered my 
face with my | hands ; ; 3 felt Iwas forsaken of my, brothers, but 1 ktiow God 
was, there, and I knew God's ’ children were there, | “My God, ‘ iq said, 
“leave. Thy, children, with me, Or, I am utterly disheartened. 4 ‘Then the 
hand, of an angel was laid in amine and. her breath filled me with life. 
“Hasten brother,” she said, “it 18, cold and chilly,, and hasten, O hasten on 
your way, there are many dangers before you, butjere morning dawns, I will 
bear you. away. from, this masteion where you. can rest through the day, and 
when night. comes, again we will go on, our - journey.” My controller bid me 
forward. all that night, “and as day dawned upon me. I fonnd myself i in A 
thick brake, | Here IT sat down feeling I must, set there all day, ‘There I 
felt myself sorely troubled as to the welfare. of my brothers, and” all of my 
past. life was lived over in memory, ; ‘The present was full of changes, but 
the future was fullof sorrow, After;a time I fell asleep, and, slept on until 
night closed i in, then I awoke and the same kind hand was laid in mine, and 
we darted, for ait into, the main read, My heart ached as I drew near a 
but, sds Saw a poor, frail, man. kneeling beside hig daughter that, was lying 
on the ground, near, by, the, door. I drew near and accosted him thus :.¢ a8 
God taken back that. which was his own ?” Lhe | old man, answered, my | 
daughter has been Jaying. here. ever. since the sun went down, ; ; her confessor 
held her and she ceased to. breathe 5 ; he dragg ed her out here i in-order to get 
the, air, and she, left, her, as, ypu; see,..her heart beating, but not, breathing’? 

I lay my hand, in, hers and said, * ‘arise daughter and declare God’s wonders,” 

She breathed, and. said, «God is;here ;.I, saw a band, of angels when you 
approached, . man,,and. they, said you .must. have;bread.and milk ; getvit 
father, you” will find, it there beside the chimney,”,..I said, “arise, bathe, 

God. has a work for you to do.” Her breath came deep and she answered, 
“the confessors are coming this road, and if we do, not make them, think she 
is dead, they, will destroy, her,” Then she exclaimed, “drink your milk, take 
your bread_and flee, because . they, are now) turning the corner yonder.” I 
fled there .and, left, the, main road, and, continued. on my way until day 
dawned on, me, again. ; I knew, this. was the last day. I must hi de until. I 

reached, my, mother’s home. ai lay, ‘down in a little hedge ; : there I held 

communion with my controller until he said, “now go to sleep, T will awake 
you.in time to reach Mary’ 8 about ten. , he day passed away and I awoke 
feeling. fresh and strong : I felt I could nearly fly, to reach my, mother. and 
the. family, and when ] I reached that little habitation my. heart beat lest harm 
had befallen them. The door, opened | from, within and James, looked out ; 
then I stepped forward and. laid my | hand in his ; ; he drew me in and closed 
the door ere he spoke, Here was Joseph ; ;_ he had fallen asleep as he had 


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come’ from the’ country, that day, tired and’ extastild, he'had’ tbifouel his 
care in sleep. “Mary ‘sprang forward ‘and folded me to her ‘bosom. “She 
caused me to forget my ‘destiny i in her holy’ embrace.’ /T held her ‘there. ‘until 
my father came forward atid exclaimed, “Holy” God, I ‘will p sigs ‘Thee fer. 
ever 5 ; my son was ‘dead’ but now is ahtees Af Blesd thy hol name.” Jessie 
covered my foreliead with ‘|cigség) and. Simedn held me’ by: the hand. “Phere 4 


I sat and conversed with them 5’ told all ‘that hi ad befallen ng? 5 there we “sat pit 


until rays of Vight “bespoke coming’ ‘day even théte, te was: ‘controlled 
and Leiah told me T must go away fro there as. soon as the night closed i an) 
abd ‘I must “g0 hight in ‘the mountains’ ‘and bear’ away bread that i may not 
die with Lunger. ° Simeon eaid)) “do Tet me ‘gd with him’ T’ can’ come ‘and 
get, bread. mi Mary: paid, “how can’ T let you g go my datling Boy’ 2? but if} you 
can comfort your dear brother you may go.” " Tien’ fe breathed free a again ; 


then Joseph declar ed? "all. “He begun like this’: “Ponting "Pilate has set his 


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seal to a proclamation like this, ‘Jésus of ‘Nazareth shall be ‘erucified a8 soon 
as he can be’ brought to justice, and whoever stall? “deliver him ° into the 
hands of the Chief Magistrate shall "be ‘awarded’ ‘one “huidred shekéls ‘i in 
gold, and whoev er “hides hit from the law" ‘shall’ ‘Ve ‘pehedaed | even where 


. they. are.’” | Here’ Joseph cover ed his faced with ‘his: hands! and’ breathed a 


prayer to his Father, God, to hold his family frdny death. °Ohén, “he donti- 
ued, “I know I must did’; I’ now my’ family? ust’ die in order that’ bd 
may be glorified through’ His children, ‘declaring ‘oné Goa and one God 
only.” Here ‘he ‘continued, “you ‘must ‘hide’ away from’ alli as spies are 
everywhere.” T'then crept in béhind the chimney,’ There Hp rémaitied all 
that ‘day: I dould cotiverse with | Bhity while Sessie sae watch’ ‘that none 
should ¢dme ia’and hear my voice. |! heard’ a loud rap dt! the’door ‘and it 
was a confessor come to see if Mary’ had ‘heard anything’ ftom ‘her boy yet. 
Mary answered, “How Ido wish’ he would’ come home” atid Stay with mel” 

He answered, “his *stay would be ‘short if ‘he did’ comé ‘homé.”/ Mary'ré- 
plied, “I think“ he “has journeyed around the: ‘country ‘long éndtigh to'settle 
down” Then he ‘said, “fhe comes I should like to ‘be apprised of! it, as'I 
have ‘a little business with him.” Night’ set in' dold and plustering! « “Towas 
thinly clad... “Mary “had: no clothing''to spare from herv din fimily as they. 
were compelled” to leave their idés in “that Tone mountain home,” E'asked 
Mary. where my cloak Was. ” She’ Said, «Martha took “it “to” wrap around 
php us when “they partéd on the roud, soap she > had not's seen a ater ‘inte, 
was quite feeble. 8 Wt opened the door 2 said, ait is cy but Dwill Walk 
fast.’ Jessie ‘took hold’ of my hand aiid’ said; ‘ubrothér) we part to-night’ for- 
ever, earthly, but God will give you ‘back to mb'Again thy own | dear proitier.” : 


‘LT said, God’ will holt me from death titi’ humanity © can’ be 'plest'by chat 


death.” Joseph ‘and James had’ gone away that! day for feat Suspicions 


‘ghduld fall upon them, but when TF sew Taifist 0,” ‘Lknelt beside iy mother, 








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ay! courage) gave away,) and)! Incotld not cbreathe.! iMaryi said, iHolysGod 
- Ietoushidie lere, together, itis all Inwouldoask,” {held lier toimybesom 
until -her heart) céased:to beat, thend Jay hér)back into: Jessie’s‘arms andifled 
away. asfasti asc] could lest Ishould:be:teimpteddo turn backis I took omy 
dear brother by the hand and we hurried along as fastias we could until we 
teached:the feotof the! mowntdimyw I -then felbna holy calm come: over; me, 
andoa sweet voice said,,“brother, God is:hére; and) Mariha is néat/by.andol 
wilblead*youlthere.2; |That hand that had lédeme fram'somany: dangers wag 
clasped. ‘inminey dnd t forgot;my danger and, the|cdld’ winds. ... Simeon: said, 
«brother, don’t go: so) fast; amp getting tired.” y «Iisaidsn ‘God's childris:help- 
ing me, bie Lowill notdéave yous: She/saysiwWe are close ito Martha’s/and 
we ean, goin: therearid rest and! get warm.) o{ilerer ity is” Tesaidy“slie has 
gone: in’ to 'tellithem! we areicoming.”?) We entered there dndioMartha was 
hotinebhnlogs bréad, and:she: ex¢laimedy ‘herey ey are, I knew. whe were 


coming.” “aisisaeso& of, 2 

blo ob” bise f bite oeod eit of autésad oniblod eaw onl ] 

[ wisidgueb” .boiwees oll “.idgia eid To xo emiod ervbod anlilinw mid 
nsdo ; enisiavom od} ot deid ybod isi? 189d voy liidu ei od.es mi 

beseag teiit [ls 169d binoo’ T° “.ytalh Yo satod on nivdd Uerdte I ome « 

del} ‘tah OW? © .aningsn “CHAPTER” vit Ltud .oodion 

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O310! Iisw ow brie peas % it iD BOOIG B BOOP : 
joy ,guol enw ‘id eal iderl ii rsa%o betieves saw [3 \ easiradiab 


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tered | thé home of ‘Martha ; ‘everything was. 1s “neat ‘and comfortable, 


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Shee} ha ? heen re, nearly 2 a, week 5 her beds. were dried grass cover ed over 
‘3 HUBISXS, Qon! 

with a blanket. The hearth, was nicely swep iT saw my cloak folded and 


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al “8 “he i bed lor a pillow. J held ‘Martha i in my, arms ‘until her. feet 
ef dsed oo é 
SI wash ara her,.,and s she sank on the floor. _ Here, I knelt beside hex, 
L. 7ST st bor Kisii 
Dated ah Re ured out. our iter grief in groans. and ieere until, our hearts. were 


urs ting in agony. “As she still sat jupent the “floor . 1 laid, my hend i in her 
oat th re ‘sobbed. my life away, unt.) iy fainted and fell across her feet. 
art red Pee had « also. ceased to beat, ‘and. we, lay. there two bruised. things. 


Sin eon, f brought water and | bathed our faces and hands, | but it, only, brought 
us back to despair hs AS. ‘soon as, I could raise “my bedy. upon my , knees, I 


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lio od to take me cf himself even. then. : As soon as, Martha could 


ie Kes J8ITQ 1l VAIQOOTD es 
breathe she answ ered, dAmen. “Holy. God, “breathe him out of. that poor 
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frail ‘bod even, now.” Here. Lazarus. arose from his hed. and came, and 


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biel beside me and | folded t his arms about , ne, and J I rested ‘my, aching. head 


in n hi ECP He had. given his soul, to his ‘Father, God, jong before, and 


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he trusted i in n.iks mercies, z and as he cmoothed back. my, bair and laid his thin, 
cold. papel on my. forehead, I i became calm, and felt, that, God was even there, 


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I gaid ‘come, O O come angel of light, Test T forget my duty, tor, God and hu- 


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mal PETiia Tsay: that holy. form approaching, aud. I reached out both. hands 


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to her to fold me inithat bosom; as there I could find. rest.) Her face: was like 
the’ reflection of ‘dianiond, and:care >was imprihted there, 'yet'she held ‘me ‘in — 
that holy embrace-uitil I forgot the cross ‘and its 4gonies that! were ever be- 
fore mé, | and? it filled me with:horror. |: Ishad tried from ‘boyhood: days ‘to 
hold myself firm, “knowing that: it must ‘be, but now each hour! seemed ‘to 
heap upow me ‘new féar, and’at times I would drop’ beneath the burden and 
lose myself for a time in. unconsciousness.’ Heére'l wasinfluenced*enough to 
give directions ‘concerning myself and others.«:' Isaid to Martha, “set your 
house im order, for:we will bring back our’ holy! brother when your houseis . 
in'mourning, buthe must:leave.here even now; that ‘he can reach,the crag 
yonder ere:the day dawns: “The «cloak must; be:borne along with them as 
thé nights are ‘chilly and their bed:will be:leaves and boughs, and the ‘cloak 
will cover both:”: Here Lazarus was controlled»by Leiah,:and said, ‘“daugh- 
ter, ‘he must: ‘haste away even nowy lest the herdsmen ‘will lay: hands ea 
him and drag him back to Jerusalem.” enieti 

I saw Leiah as he was holding Lazarus to his bosom, and I said, “do hold 
him until this body is borne out of his sight.” He answered, “daughter, I 
will hold him as he is until you bear that body high in the mountains ; then 
come to me, I shall be in the home of Mary.” I could hear all that passed 
between them, but I could hardly, comprehend, its meaning. We left that 
home ; I took a piece of bread, Simeon took the cloak, and we went forth 
into darkness, yet I was covered over with light. The way was rough, yet 
I glided along: I hardly know how. Simeon would oft say, “stop, you go so 
fast I can’t keep pace. with you I am so tired,” ‘but, on and on we went until 
I found myself standing on a high cliff, then the influence exclaimed, “here 
T have brought you both in safety, you are free from danger ; prepare ‘a place 
‘where you can lie down and rest ere night comes, I will now go} back to 
Mary and see what I can do to opatirt her.” “Then she withdrew her 
electric life away. from my poor frail body, and T sat down like a blasted 
plant that could rise no more in its own ‘strength, and nothing but God's 
breath could raise that drooping head. Simeon came and sat beside me ; 
he held his hand ~ ‘in mine until strength could De imparted | tome, I then 
raised myself upon iny knees and there I poured out, my soul’s holiest ado- 
ration to my. Father, God. Even while I knelt in prayer my ‘holy protector 
returned and knelt beside me ; her head was dropping in grief, but still she 
said, “Father, God, I. adore” Thee.” pig’ then, asked, “what tidings of my 
darling mother ?” “Her answer was, “she is ill, and I fear she will yield up 
her spirit into ‘the ‘bosom of her God unless she gets relief from the grief that 
is breaking her heart. shes & answered, “Jet God have his own, ‘then I can die in 
peace.”’ Here T made fearful expression ; ; it was ‘this, ‘hell bas | estroyed 
my family earthly, but” God ‘will “hold them until hell is ‘cleansed ot its. fu- 
vies ahd God’s kingdom shall’ be ‘established on earth ; then hypocrisy ‘and 
deceit will smoulder in ashes, and priests and confessors will be chained ‘and 














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bound forever.”,,.How.I came to. make that expression I:did not know, but 
as_ 1. looked around I: saw Jeptha standing besidé/me. |: He accosted me’ 
thus: “Beloved brother, I haye come in order that you may feel you°are not 
forsaken by God’s children even.if; you are'compelled to flee the'havints of’ 
man,” . ‘Holy, »Worthy, Grand | Arch Bishop,” I exclaimed, “has ‘God re+' 
vealed to you aught)concerning ‘the fulfilling of the law ‘humanity'demands | 
in, order. they will..be, ready,; to forsake their ‘idols: and acknowledge ‘one ° 
God?” He answered, “humanity’s demands: ‘aré not éasily satisfied, and 
human sacrifices mnst be offered upon:the altar of priestcraft:-until ‘light can” 
be drawn from eternal light and finds a resting placé inthuman minds, that‘ 
can light the tapers of the benignted souls that have been chained and'held’’ 
by. the crafty priesthood that would bind:earth in! darkness forever,’ if God’s 
children ;did noty,live;,and die in hope-theéir life andodeath would'bless ages 
that, would come after them.” He; continued, '/“Iknow brother'you must ' 
die, but your death will not light the whole earth; but a‘ little'ray of light 
here and there. will,be left among thechuman:family, but in’ God's own time ' 
another human. body, ; ‘must be laid: upon the altar of human ambition.’ Ig- 
norance is the cause,of disbelief in the Infinite Creator, and. humanity is 
willing to ‘beled by. priesteraft, without investigating for themselvés; thus it” 
is-continued from,age. to .age, ‘and: priestcraft binds them ‘closer and closer, * 
through fear, until. they. settle down: in ignorance,‘and fear holds them chained 
and bound. until they dare not ask if-there is alight beyond ‘therefore hu- 
man sacrifices must be laid upon the altar of ambition until man will dare 
say, ‘God .is. my. .Father, and) in him: will put‘my'trust.?’ “When man is 
once freed. from fiends,in. human form,:.then light will enter every human 
soul, and, God , will |be, acknowledged through his wondrous works ; then 
there, will .be. no more; need of human sacrifices’: then'the: Worthy Grand 
Arch Bishop, : Almighty. God; will be acknowledged as director‘and control- 
ler of immensity,.and.,the children of earth shall! seek to bless each other’ 
with: their holy love, then there shall bea new heaven established on earth ; 
then, the heathen, bigots, will have no more’ human souls to gloat ‘upon, and 
the dragons..in priestly robes ‘shall. ‘lie down and be forgotten like a filthy 
fi that, had been, but .was' not, and never more could be while earth’ rolls” 
Here ;I said,,to, Jeptha, “is' my: death’ to: bring that light ‘into the 
vat ?” He answered, “your death will change their°idols ‘and nothing 
more, |and ,ages:on, ages must pass away ere the true light will find its ‘rest- 
ing placc/in,the human: mind, and you, dear brother, must go back and finish 
up: what will be begun-by your death.” » Herehe said, “I must go now, but 
I will, come to’ you, again ere you hang upon the°erdss.” | He then left’ me 
and. 5 laid down; upon the cold earth; and it cooled my aching’ head. -'Simeon ~ 
came; to me then and said, “it is chilly, | dear brother, had we’ better not 
find.a place to lie. dowmas itisnearly dark ?”’ I answered,“God’s child will 
direct, us, I see her‘coming,”» As) she drew near, she said, “comé my dear 


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bro:hery, Ll! have ifotind iarsplace where! youlcan Ne downland the’éatd witty 
Will non piereesfou2ouiWeiebochaiarove uihdfol owed heb ait Litt@%hollow® 
beneath ashelvisigracksLhere we ‘broke sor” branehes and! prea vem On! 
the earth,|thén we laidddmavand:spreat, tlieveliakovei lis’ ds Vestve ule 
Iny,the night! Simeonosaid, “hrothér dove burnihgwittedlfever ay yout! 
hand,ow my jheadibdethienLican goiils sleep? 21° wid !O% Gou's hand is pen” 
ugandifidbecbis.willforlyou tobreathwout hraLtThall'say! MGS well, But 
Lphall mestoyouicafien call ithabflestoban'sifhayithén We'sialinot He drivel’ 
about Jas. wildabeadtsy butiwe shall becrecomni Zod naoGud's reated anion Hig ; 

eid rons?sind claidiitay duarid pponchis: head, ind Vefellasteep Sven While T” 
wpa aphakibgeisdo need oved iadt aluox botnrg.aod oil? to eioqat edt tdgil g89 

.Ehus we continvedsuntilithe fourth! day | theh!we Leyeteainthan gered, it’ 
being highinoons; Simeon said) *Edwillogo by anorkok dead a aowi the” 

maptiaterits and jL-eanyreach'Mary’wafter nightfall D will tieH hasten back!’ , 

to you pean reath youbyimorning?ty ‘Thénghe foldéavhiswrniv/atoutd wi6” 

and.sa'dyy if aught; befullsime:and dito ondte come iby fidon! Owed morrows" 

- then you,.must, go.dowrito,.Martha’sothereinyod will iid bredth@ ar Mary” 
should be,verypill Inmust'stayiaidicare for hét,cad God's éhilarén Will care” 
for; you, dear, brothdn.o) Lanswereds* God's wchitdren' are aliotodig but he” ! 
will, receive, thenyall.in| his)owniiabotle iof rest?” .oHe thenthdliiy hatid and” 
pressed, it,.,to;, big dips, anid said God's hand 49 wponugs! Wel HbsE al paul 
Then hesped away. and j was Jost to sight 3 then: Pkvlelt $n! prayer'und' God® 
ansyered.throughvhis children; tweiare béreito comfort yo” BsoRiiors ose 

 That.day, passed awayy amorningve ime, but my‘ “brother ‘eamhé! ot, Bat ae? 
the sun sruse high), els towiiake anceffurttoprocutetood! Weg int des 
scend, the.;mountains chopirig{xtooneachotliererin the early part Retohi outs pie? 
the avay) was.rough.and } wasoftdelayed:by dedpeats inthe imédntain that’ 
T had not seen.asoL-ascendedsby the damecpath; Uutibre!dight/elowa ia 'T Sat’ 
down bya, brook, there 4 bathed my-shéad ‘andl then the beating’ Ceased OF?! 
then asked God, to direct med ybisooad found a gentlsthanPiniiine and yv 
made. this expression, )1 gotdostoand none edmiéto-bely' nie 8Phe!Mpitit!’ 
answered, did,you.ask 2) pI, answered, |ftary chéad was'lachine? Pharaly! 
knew, what J did, oD'henotheranswersenine; “En have eomenowtd lead! you’ 
down the mountain{for,hejlast time until Isbeard you: dd whit I pest our? 
work for coming) ages?’ {3 vpasdo iliw diach a0y” beweas oll _“S blrow 
Here againgl had lost| faith ini God through the: darkoeonditien in'which t™ 
wag held; leresIbeganto:feehthateD bad lforgévitoraskaid fointhoon ye 
source Icould draw strength, andJike a guilty'thing:T(éxelaimeay *halyGedl” 

forgiverme,”, 1\Dhen ‘a,-voiceisaidy: come, cbywith doads yous Marthwawaits + 

your,coming 5, let us:hasten then,io Theaway:sediredsclearand ol aarbed for 
waxd and in;a,shortitime I.reached Martha’s hoindieShesfoldéd mie 60 HUE 

bosom, again and again, and.said, “Gotksbey| praised’! that Tolean! benolddhim® 
once, more in, mortal form. .J9zaruswaisedup on‘his handand satd)*e¢dmé here} 














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my, dasling Jesus dat mefedlixoubticeniore imhy bosom 24 His poor. WwAst- 
ed body made;me almeshshrink:from his iémbrace;/cyet I day! my. hei! tipo : 
his Rpsom, ard beqathedoacprayerformy family; babno answer ame; Bula 
deep.groyn,from, Lazdrus-sank deep intoany theatiionstlly ICreaoi’ rowaet 
said; sib! ld; thera, from, doubt. si {kets CHeir. fait hy in’ Jee dvered beak Mheth ene, 
held. og thy,;embracess pleti thempobesforevers? |' Then! Marmhaoanawered, 
famen.t; Then,date,some bread awd) odrank some niills, some thht Munthia 
had procured,.knowing E,was comingwary ob then saidy “bymust gounow or you 
will cally be,,cut,,off by myspteséncecherel? [oAis Ui atase! to delat, fer fell 
orersme, andob shrunk, back:,fromitheidanknessthat! surrotinded me) and GAGE 
more.approached the;sick bed, Thereivh) ktitlt andeasked! Lazurhs to pray 
for. me...i He, daid:chis;:hand,upon ny head »aidopoured?out! his Joal! on the 
altar.of hamanity.s Even hép:hadyceeaseda Lu: felbascuobiland! dn mihewided 
calm.voice, sai § «draw istrengthyideatbrother; Godds:hert, and his! qhildfen 
Willilead; thea; tomeceven) now, lelseocday rwilkodawmlereryou ean reHen 
satety.!?),,Lhen jd) badectheni-adienandydashedsoutlin the darks feartesy; be 
GUEFadd Fi dknowsd wars letant maughtbut 'Groll’s angel ehildren wee” kag! 
companions. , re; the| day dawhedoIchadereached: thei firstceliff} there T’ wat 
down, to, est.) Even, from theresf, could see ‘theiedulitry was filled witli Hundt 
beipgs,in bands. oy DPhenj jagain) Doclimbeds ups cand oon, and on itil Il had 
reached. the, highest cliff; but ofersdhere dhilled with! theicoldowindWand sae 
urated,, with the heavy mustahat had)eathered onthemountains; 1 fele iI 
could buildjajfixg Lshould{beieomforted inawmeasurey having: ‘Prouvtit Froth 
Martha's yd &obAgyiappanatus| fan: coatchiny theritinyesbark22oPWeeuh SY 
searching.dbenenth the crags (forydryocbrish, ‘andoina short’ tide I hada 
sparklins. dfireds\E;had forgot that’ ‘smoke! couldbe seen at a oreat® distaned, 
and J piled.on the rush; until the flames rose yhighy'thendAdried:my Garments 
and lay down, and slept; when I awoke, my fire had nearly gone out, ‘but 
again|L.piled.onithe brush; th ni beghwdo fearitiwouldibéd seen trim below, 
and. I, threw.-oni dirtitodestroy,the flames thénokcieid downoon the! warn 
earth, whereithe fire had been jtherwT fell asldep« Myobody: wabsicotsfortal 
blejand o1y.dreams filled, with light from beyond and:loye fdr humanity.° ult 
was middaypwhen- deawokew E:htand)m ctacklingoot the! brushad) Lbardsey,t6 
my feet and behold an anointed priest stood before me. He accosted me 
thus,) “how isitcharetic. youlare here aloud ?2edy shouldkyhavertiouyhd you 
would have taken-some jof,the damsels trom thie lowlahdswithy yous and:then 
Your» would have, been; quite I contfuntable: owatha firepand Isstelyoulhave 
barley. bread aplenty’? yPhnaihe: staoped) down andypicked apsthe: halfia 
loaf, that, wasloft from what dj had brought fromeMartli’soo Inthensprang 4d 
my, feesiand, saids tHoly . Almighty God, electrify y this:: ifiendosasy hesis 5 day 
down that, bread’; L shouted, tor God wilk chaimsyon!to this mountain for 
ever, | {Hei thea dropped) ithe, bread and stood {thene, likeonetparalyzed, 
KBegone;”, b said, fewer now...) Dhenheymade an attempt toigo, but ne 


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could not move his feet...’ “How is this ?” he said, “am DP affected ‘by. heresy. 
I will go,” he said, if you will'relieve me and come back fo more.” Then 
he. said,.,“you, are, condemned:to’ hang upon the'cross, but if you: will ‘go 


down with-me J will anoint you a priest, and you shall‘have everything you 


desire if you will, become one of us.:.»We all:know you have gifts ; we have 
not, and you shall hold all the eas you want: from the rising to’ the sét- 


ting of the sun, atid: from: the-isetting tothe rising thereof. Meat and i 


strong drink shall ever be at. your command if ‘you will’but’ make oath that 
you will work forthe holy idol that the Amlekites took’ from the ‘Moabites, 
even the one that/Moses had ‘cast: in order his fenidles should look ‘upot it ‘aaa 
desire, to beget children. ‘Hell’s devices,” I said,“whether it be of Moses or 
Elias, held to this day; in order 'to:delude the poor, ignorant souls that’ knew 
no God but debauchery:and darkness, and’ such’ fiends as yourself are’still 
binding, them, in the: damning devices'ofa heathen bigot,’ and Mosés was'a 
brute else he. would: never ‘have diseased forty females ‘and then’ had ‘them 
beheaded, and. then: call: for> forty! more fresh females that he could damn 


them also.” Then {he held: ‘his peace’ but ‘said,’ “the priests will bear ‘you 


down from this mountain and hang! you'on the crossy but if’ you will go with 
me I will:hold, you: from:all harm.” © I) stepped‘ toward him’ while’ he shook 
from ‘head, to foot, not from fear of:a poor frail thing'like me; but he’was 
chilled with electricity, but I raised) my hands’ above my head and shouted; 
“get ye behind me Satan, Almighty God is here.” ‘Then ‘he fled’ mé;’ but 
aftertime I -was.told,that:as he went down inthe lowlands, he déclared God} 
and the confessors bore him in to the council of the priesthood. ‘Even there, 
he shouted, “God. is here:;” and'they cut off his head’ ‘After he had gone 
Leiah said, “it sis best you should go higher in the mountains, bear south: 
ward, after :you:!pass the highest peak, and Wa wel find it tmiore ages 
able.” 

. Day after day I drbicated ere I reached the’ habe pie ‘as! r could! no} 
go but.a little:way before I had to sit down torest, but there found a com* 
fortable »place .bedeath a shelving rock, and’ there was a spring near by. 
Ere I reached the spring'I was filled with fever, butI drank freély, bathed 
my. -head, then Ac laid i and: ai but whea si ee my fever shy 
gone. S dvol Y 

Thirty-four dys thad: phat away, and ‘Iwas)still in ‘the rotated 
There I was without bread, dying with hanger, ‘and the spring I ‘could not 
reach. I> had ‘become ‘so! utteriy helpless’ I had attempted to get water by. 
crawling alongobut when ‘about! half way'from my bed ‘to the spring, I fell 
to the earth and could! not move.’ Here I lay in utter despair, when I heard 
@ human 'voice! calling my ‘name. > Itried/to answer but the ‘words died upon 
amy lips.) Iheard othe sound nearer, ‘and’ asked God to lead them to me: 
After: afew moments: I heard a voice say, “Holy God, here is his body} ; 
he is dead?) \ When she drew ‘near she: lay her hand upon my back, and 


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when she felt jthe heart was. beating, then she raised me up, laying her 
hands upon my chest. , Being warm gave me life, and I, breathed one word,; 
Mary. She answered, ‘ my, brother you are dying tor. bread ; here, I have. 
brought; some; eat if you. can, and Iwill bring some, waterin your cap.’ 
Her presence gave me courage and I sat up. . The water gave me strength; 
and in a short time I was able to be led back to the. bed. of dried leaves 1 
had gathered, and, ere I was aware of feeling drowsy, I fell asleep. 1. slept, 
all of the remainder of that day, it being near the setting of the sun, and all 
of that night, and when) I. awoke the glad sun, shed its rays on the cold 
earth, and it brought comfort, and beside me sat the poor, frail body that 
man had cursed but. God had sayed from being, beaten to, death. with, stones 
and clubs by a band of confessors in Chaledon, and: it, was the poor diseased; 
scarlet. woman, Mary. Magdalen ;, her poor, frail body had.-but.a'little life to, 
impart, to}, mine, :and,we sat there two. blasted things,together.. As.the.sun 
rose high she said;)*‘she must be making. her way down the mountains lest 
she would be lost among the, crags. Heretofore I, had not had. strength: 
or courage to ask for my mother or my family, but I,knew I must ask, even 
then if. I.would hear from)them.,.I said, “has Mary got better ?”); Her an-, 
swer was, “Mary has been very ill ever since Simeon came, down from |the 
mountains.” © I said, “how is it with the rest.of them?” .. Her, answer was 
one. deep groan, and she -fainted. even there. . I dipped my hand in the, 
water, she had brought.in my cap.and bathed her‘head and face... Here I 
sawan angel bright coming toward me, and I knew it was my brother Sim- 
eon; and I said, “O my God, they have destroyed my darling brother Sim- 
eon,” and he came ‘and. knelt, beside .me. | Then, another, another, 
and another knelt in the presence of two broken, reeds and their. God. 
“Holy Creator, God,” I heard my father say, “give|me, oh give me my boy, 
even now.” I answered, “do bear'me away, with, you, Joseph, even. now,” 
He answered, “God. will lead you to’me ere long,.but poor’ Mary must lin; 
ger yet for a,time.” Here. Mary, Magdalen: ite to breathe, and as she, 
looked. around she saw. them. all'there, and, then'she .answered, “God has: 
brought you all to answer for yourselves.” ., Then;she continued, “as Joseph 
was coming. home: from work he was caught, by a band of confessors, and 
they asked'tor you.”. He. answered, “the. did “not “know: where you was,” 
then théy bruised, him’ fearfully, but he could not;tell;, then, they bound his 
feet and hands together by, one.cord, then pat a pole beneath the cord, then 
they bore him, away to:the hillside where.there was a cave ; they threw him 
in.and vovered up; the mouth of the cave with stones and dirt ; there they; 
left. him to starve to death and none knew he was there, until he was dragged 
forth by the Magistrate, dead,'and he was buried there, I dare, not ask for 
my brothers \as) my heatt,was so/full I could hardly breathe. I said, “you 
are too’ fecbie to begin’ your journey to-day ;, wait, until to-morrow and. I 
will \go\ a-part ‘of the way with) you.” While I was speaking I saw her 


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head diop, aid Taawehie was Chtvanked.oTeptlin brsuthéd ‘his life mto'that 
body” and’ Said? “have hér depart Vven How) bédabse theyaiten watching, it 
any One Cottes to'the mountay with ‘bread! Bat this frail Wolly’ will be brought 
patk” dude More, then you will go"down and héeity your work: riowMy wear 
beat’ hécaase T'did Know there would be héthing’ BuW death’ and sorrow! from 
the hour I went down from e*mountain’ wit de was bulge iipow the éross® 
Jéptha still breathed ih that body! dud slarted’dowi"'the mouitain yothen thé 
sun Wis abdat two hourohighsthén T was Tete dtone with my father and 
my mat nd maith rémiaivied beside’ me: Tepe botue!dawn for the 


List! iinel q odt tse sor Obiesd “bas 31 La709 ifanoid 1 bas diiae 


*°Foar die fina Pee eWay itd Twas kneeling jeDbagee askitig God "6 
hasten’ théchdur for me! tobesta My work that'd coull fish apwhat'd had 
£0 do’ for thintingée’ Thad! hardly br -éathedtheke Words Wheit Tisaw! Mary 
Migdalene again towing toward mey ipwas iw the’ catty partofothé day" 
TE Usktd! Her iow “she? could ovedch there ‘so ‘early! “She re plied)21 was 
brought’a parvof the y way}? P don’t know how Ticame?® “How is'Maty ?2 
Fasked;“2il the rést'are here witht nie” ““Ghel replied “Mary ws erazy,and 
ahié Says if joa! would come to-hérshe would wetWertert?d “Godralone ett 
heal @ brokén heatt?? ‘D said, “my tmother'sthéait hasbeen bruised, but it 
will be brokéw dre sheeal bréathe? ontof’ that poor'body | After'she "aa 
restdd Paskedhér bow my brothers were put'to dearhv's James,” ishe sai® 
chad been at'work for a herdsman, and hethad(started to eo hbiie, but edhe 
could reach’ Tyré a band Bf cebrfessors aceosted him and Maid; $4ell ws Where 
that crazy heretié is or we will! beat’ youlto deuth.2™ He answered) # Tas 
not kiow.”° Phen they fell upon himowith Clubs !and beat hit! untiP he felt 
tothe earth. Then" they stoned himeto déathi) oi? ai sloat sodioas bas 

(Mary dées*not kiiow that Joseph orJames is dead, but’ she'saw thelother 
two destroyed:!” ‘Ther she‘ doritinned, “when Simeon eané® down ‘front thé 
mountait a éohfessor saw hital ériter Mary’s home, UA fter atime four of the 
priests Cathe°in atid he had hid wway.ia/the’kéhnél' where theléonfessors had 
képt their dogs” There “head fallen dsleepio 'Theyceame intorthe ‘house 
and “‘askéd furry! Where the heretic wasthey saw ‘come in there) ( Herant 
awér was, “he is in (Gods daveland keeping? Then they: kaldy' “we will 
fake’cArelof hint Héreafiér’s” ‘then theybbeenn their Search “ndotheone that 
daw hit first'dxclafthed, “here isthe Gaited Heretic as! they drageed him 

ut.) The °priesé that oheld® him said, now if) you svill tell mei where that 
fool i¥ that hus! been distutbingthewhble coulitry with! lis heresies; we will 
let you'go'back ‘itd ‘the dogs house and‘have yournap' out, butoif Yyou! don't 
we-will ‘cut’off your herd i in this ‘hour?! He answered) “ry v holy brotheriis 
in thé’ bosotiy' oF angels, ‘und'God will hold -him until his:hburedmeés thet 
the ‘inkibitants of eatth will khow'né diéd for God's glory and shumanity’s 
freedom) atid ‘that heathen, idolatrous worshipishallcome to! nauight.”oo Here 
thé’ priest that Weld’ Him “deult himvca bldwrand it felledohimtothesfidbry 


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Then sliduted:all of the:priests;,sdeaih to, all,heretics., ;They) dragged him 
awWayoby! lis haineven;while Mary, lay, fainting, onthe floors) They dragged 
him a lifthe way! out-of} the, city and, cahoff, his head. o Mary, sbreathed,and 
looked ardundsandswhen;she:saw Simeon, was,gone; she arose, «to her feet, 
She followed them and was near enough to see clearly the, axe as,it fell 
upon Ais meék! j¢PhenoMary fell down, dike one dead. joAsq they Jeame back 
ond oof thems kicked, ber. and said, .“her sheresy.d ds, cooling.eff,, she) is; dead.” 
Themothey nshoutedoagain, “death tooall, he reti¢s,/ > bat Mary; was not dead, 
but ereomodrning dawned ‘she sought, her home; and.whene that home had 
stoodsit) Was, one ;heap) of.rubbish,, Her fgrief| brought, on) labor,;;ahd iher 
child was-bdna even.there, in, the kennel where the confessors had kept abeiz 
dogs, ithat being the! vnlyjsheltex she could reach,,but even then death jeould 
not) reach jcher,.,/bat sheymust.live,on-and-drink.deeperand still deeper the 
bitter ep ofjidespain.) Jessie | bad) .been away, to sajcousin.o4 {Mary's} anid 
When:vhé) tumultreached him he,started) onj hisyicratehes for-hisshome, but 
ere lie: couldiréach..there,he, was.accosted! byoapriestj,dnd -he asked) afohe 
wassthé berétie’s, brother: that had fled. tbe,law. | He said, “ifoyou mean my 
brother Jesus,.Lam?, Then; they ; caught him by the farm, and dashed himi te 
theleanth-and threw ;bis,cratches away) from ohim,, ands there he lay poor 
helplessrthing, but the priest:camb,back afier.a time and) said, ) Stell us where 
that) distarber df the! peace is,and wé:will Jet jou:go.” HMalanswveredio d 
havemot:seem lim, for, many, days,.and) [donot know,where; he i sv | Then 
they» saidy;twe] will throw) {ydujinto;the den.of wild Beanie under ‘, He 
then answered calmly, “if I die it will be for God’s glory, and that coming 
agés shalk be, fided from such, fiends, as you,that/are danyingjall earth) with 
your deeds.?'| Here they cauglit;him \by. the) hain,and, dragged; himsawaynin 
andarly hole:tbeneath the jshelying rock,where|they always kept their, bound 
ériminals jtheperhe could not astlaway ify he would. heen ihe him there: 
four days) withdut food,or-drink. oy )y4 yah r | 

- Nowe thisodbeing jthe fourth day, after Many’ 3 or a the 2 eins that 
had. beem; hen accuser, of being ai confirmed heretic, bid her|leave the city; 
orhe jwoulit behead hér.>;Then) she ,dragzed-liér poorfraili body-along !and 
sougbtsrto fice,) but; the:stneets! werenfoll of people, all scéming td go one 
way.) [Stic heand a heathen, say, Chewas stubborn land. would not:tellowhere 
that icrazy:oeneticowas, andy hey: are goingitofeed: him) toitheewild: beasts; 
abd I. guess theyowill berglad|asithey hawe:been Jet witbont:fdcd for two 
days!’ isAlary’s héart-beatiasishefeltiit was hercown boyy Jessie.c:As she had | 
notchears from him:dor days:sle hastehed [oncas fasta’ sheceould):and:as she 
drew near she sawyitiwas:Jhep darling Jessie hab they were draggiig along 
byvhisbait.i:-Hejsawe his.\mother and) exclaimeds (Mary, Mary, Mary:”? 
Then lsheoreached you; her! handsitowhrds \himijand:saidy: 4! HolyGods hevis 
Thine?) heywas: dashed: iiito; thatedén.even while; she wasigazing-dpon him}; 
and; his) last. words were, Jesus, wilb;be! hung iupon the cross, abd shamanity 


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will be blest” buat ere’ he ‘could’ speak another word they hurled him head 
foremost ‘inte the den of hutgry ‘beasts; and they tore the flesh from ‘his 
bones as soon’ ‘ashe touched the bottom.” ‘Here Mary fell back ‘like one 
dead to all arent and aly i hai went ‘abd and left nee ain nine 
bhe had falleny)) 509'0 995 « 

‘After the dines of these Hens hace closed the door: tat led to the: vt 
hé went to where Mary was laying’; ‘he had compassion on ‘that humble but 
still beautiful female that lay atihis feet! | He ‘called: to -his‘eompanion' and 
they raised her ‘up and bathed! her temples, and breath came back to her 
again, but they dare not'take her'to their own shelter, but they said there is: 
a Hebrew lives ‘on the hillside, ‘he isa ‘hatcer, and his name is’ Levis they 
raised her up between them and bore her along as best'they could until they 
came near that‘ home, then they they sat‘her down and fled lest ‘some one 
should see them assisting @heretic. ‘Levi's wife saw them‘ fleeing, she went 
out and’ assisted ‘Mary’ into her tent; she soon found *hér mind was de- 
ranged, but she tried’ to comfort her as best she could, and Ithave'left her 
there in ‘order that I could come and bear a message to you from Israel's 
holiest son, Jeptha, and that is ‘you must begin your work even. now. | Mary 
Magdalen ‘had: related this to me while’T was resting ; then’ I attempted°to 
rise to my feét.and fell back, as'my life had seemed to go out concerning my 
brother’s death and my mother’s fearful situation.) There I} breathed deep’ 
and a holy calm came over me, ‘and I was Jost! in a’ forgetful entrancement, 
In this'condition I was _ borne’ along, and the: fetid ines Teknewil mans iW 
Peter’s hut. | | . bert | 

After his ‘boat! was’ dashed on'the rocks in the river Jdraad, he took*his: 
family’ and moved’ to’ the ‘suburbs of ‘Tyre.* Here I found him in‘a little, 
hut and his family were huddled together because they had no fire. I'saidy 
“have’ you) any: bread for “me? ”) Peter’s' wife? ‘answered,’ “ bread 
we have not tasted since day before. yesterday”! ‘I: said,“ how 
is it’ you are’ sitting here without’ making an/effort to! procure employ- 
ment, and let those children go out and ask for bread.'> None can refuse such 
frail things/as they are.” ‘Here I -was ‘interrupted'by one of the children 
saying they had seena poor frail man coming to’the city anda woman ‘was 
leading him.:: She ‘asked :me/if I knew one Hebrew family ‘that bad a son 
that had fled: to) the mountain and a price was set'upon his head. “I told 
her “I did not know such aifamily, but mother may know them.” I said, 
“come, here. is. my ho ue, come invand rest,” but when they had sat down 
the man ‘fellasleep.. He then said, “Mary »has ‘no ‘home, she ‘isan out+ 
cast and alone.” Then the woman said, “God's hand is upon us’ and] will 
prepare . alittle hut tor my brother and myself.”': She then said, “can my 
brother remain here the rest:of the:day and night, and by that time I. wiil 
have a shelter: for:us/ both, and now she lives out there,” vdinting to a little 
hat. [said “it: must be Martha, will you run: and see if? it is ‘Lazarus 








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Mittha?”” “He hastened away and came hurrying back, and said, “the man 
is dead, but I didn’ t stop to ask what his: name was.” Here I was controlled 


and ' said, “so to ‘that woman and say to her there i is one in your home 
starving’ for bread. *! ‘The boy soon returned with a piece of bread. Then 


I raised that bread high above my head and said, “Holy, Eternal God, feed 


this family with the’ bread of life, because earthy bread they will not want 
bat a little. longer.” 

As’ I had done speaking the! father came in, “When he saw me he fall 
upon ‘his face and said “holy brother, I have damned my family by drunken- 
ness, and here they are starving for Dread. ie! have been looking for labor 
for days, but can find nothing todo, and here Iam starving.” I said, “Pe- 
ter, God’s hand i is upon you ; you have laid down all you had ie drunken- 
ness, ‘and’ now ‘you will lay down your lifé’ for coming ages.” Here he 
sobbed ‘aloud and said, “here I'am, my uel all I have I give to Thee and 
humanity: ”’ Then T said, “come with ne.” Then he stepped forth and 
said, “God help you my family ; I belong to God and J will follow this man 
to the cross.” I bowed my head and éaid, “amen.” Here I said to Peter's 
wife, “care for this poor frail body, she is bat held by God’s breath, but she 
will soon be’ borie beyond the reach of man among God’s holy children 
that have been cleansed’ from the dark stain of heathen idolatrous priests 
and confessors.” 

Poor Mary Magdalene raised her hedd and said, “I shall be beheaded 
before two days, and you, dear brother, will’ be hung upon the cross fourteen 
days hence, but I’shall find’comfort in feeling Thave done all I could to 
rélieve the ‘suffering ‘of my brother.” I’ then said, “God assist her, she is 
dying even now for bread. *-T now went forth, it being dark, and made my 
Way to the little hut, but not’ knowing who was there I knocked gently and 
a voice from within answered, “come.” One taper was lit and set upon the 


board, and I saw by its‘ rays a female form kneeling in prayer. I heard her . 


breathe my name arid say, “hold him, O my’God, until thy kingdom may be 
" established here on earth, then fold’ him in Thy bosom forever.” Then 
she ‘arose to her feet “and stepped’ forward ‘toward thé body that had 
been “ straightened’ for’ burial. Her ‘heid' was ‘bowed, but as she 
caught a glimpse of me’'she’ caught ‘hold ‘of the body and ‘said, “Holy 
Father, God, he too’ has’ ceased tobe earthy.” TP '‘answered, “no, I 
am here, held by’ Almighty God, in order that this ‘holy man of God 
could awake and declaré Godiand here I am; all there is of me.” Then I 
said, “how long has Lazarus been in that'trance 2” Martha answered, “hé 
is dead.” I then’stepped to where he was laying.’ God breathed upon me 
“and I saw thée'room was'filled with angels. ‘Heré my own frail body was 
filled with life. I took ‘one hand of the sleeping man’ in mine, while I'lay 
the other hand ‘upon his brow, and ‘said, “arise Lazarus, God is here.” 
His brow contracted’ beneath my hand, and he made an effurt to breathe, 


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Then, if feb 5 ise Hay feed see Sl) 8 De cals pace nlite thgp. 
the. glo lory “mayy be, sea Ps Meine hee slave," Tiss eyaros gave 
aglgen, Aree hi Aen BeAPaBeA OH arin looked sropnd, Tike. ong..in ass 


tonishmentsT8 *Syig PBB, Gaitaeyy 13m au? Rene te pear eet wana 
thy. agvagenin 2,fpomom Seath. trance. The room dvay being Sled by: the 
poor. that t had been apprised. of the death el hima, that wasyslgepigs brash LORS, 
Twas coutrglied and beld forth h a, an hour, Then when, Jed breathed 
into my body again, Tywent to Martha and Jmglt beside her andrsidy ‘{yybere 
is my mother is Adee MMSWEE, pras, dave. not found. ber... Uazaps has 
been | SO. sick di could gt avi Piya Here, m0, Stepped forward and said, 


; who , is ure you. “ask, fi “hs a Mott ¢ Mar wh sosep bis; He? oL ansygredk 


“Mary. 28. my, Presuetad L,, Houle seeahery .¢ SAP BGR i babes, Petex 
came. forward and. saidy f ‘it. a be. the, ,one, that 9 was cartisd de 
“ ‘Holy, God,” Said Martha, | ‘ ds) that dey on CHHAy womans cheard 
about, my 8H: “dear aaa and, wos ip ober. boy; that, wes thrown, into 


the den, of wld, beasts.” iy Martha chia "een A die qiad ifate ofithe 
@,0f ithat “past, of thg : 


family, ase she, WAS) a stranger poy Benth, PEW 


city., Here. the, whole swath flashed epop her, and. she fell aforsxand upon 
the floor, «1, stopugh donna 9 dads oy Bandsa UPd eh ARE Abe 
breathed Againg. » Then, J said. tothe by, standers,,, Gans, fon, Martha, and 
Lagarns, I must hasten away to my mother.” “It being dark,. Peter Jay this 
hand i in ming and. we, sought therabode of dueyi, Ade; bor aA Mis onwarskyup 
the. steep, hillside, coobte, gyeareached, there, Peep Said (herp is,{he.caye 


where, the, confessors keep the amid; beasts) to destnoyiheratigs: o My heant 
beat, but, I sped. onvantil : we reached the tant, of, Lexi. » Phegoehyy as torn 
from j its fastening, that seryed as.adoor,, hai wes stambled ORer something, We 


knew, not, whats, naelires bad. lit a, ight fron the smouldering embers..: The 
first thing Tsay, was, the bodies, of) Lew.’ vs,dour children.coyers¢ awith, blood, 
but all wene de ad... ne Said) « Holy,.God, ris duy mother among, the fdeadyisod 
heard a, feeble moan; and Lsaw there was; life, stillin, one huipaty, body: that 


was ‘pavineds with dried; grass: J Knelty, beside,ythat, body, and] paw jitl was 


my; own dear mother, dying there, sqarcely breathing? LJaigy her. hand, im 
mine ; then, she. breathed, my. namaey and sud bao dying injthe, moun: 
tains for: -brendy awhg will ‘go andycarny, him,gome,? ol saidytmoiper,ideax 
mother, I, 4m, here beside, you, gand you, areal very al,” JAY! ghtrmas 
brought .and yL, say she, was, pale as dexth itself oh soothe a (her as best 
couldy Then, my controller breathed, upon, mend said, fhe will) die.as she 
is unless. she,can. hayes sombthing! mann to give hen,dife.”,.d arose tommy, feet 
and said, “Holy,(Gody direct, mes my, mother is dying and dyym filled, spith 


fever hi ”% When an, angel, breath filled, ama yi body. wathy, life from, hy Hows Fife, 


and said,, “this body, cannot, die, until the,hoe, comesthat alhicomingiages 
shall be| blest by, that. death.”.. Then she,addeds “Jesus must,bas'en, amyay to 
Martba’s,eveninows cada asbLagaaman? arm hyesop, tea./jool found myz 





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exoTiz0b bos yaws so whl AID AVE 4? L a] ae sod 

self! mov ing Away ieee ei ile the in | yo w/a bp oe i artha h ad re; 

~ Ow esd ba bise: ocol, nod fe MS aa g. 1190) vd asd 

cubed? her’ Stren rength, nd was even a Meets paring ay ! ay or ana 
f W 


Hijau boas w ot Orin Fi eniui ie Jes of of fi< 
Isa id, koive me A cup Eset ALR even now, Tyry he reathes 
M: 14 


amigttf sre ted} Paw) 8,2! 49 W109 neo “ao 

i it wore he bri gay ier. if Té Ci an ge back in time.” I ah baod ppt the cup that 
gph tine oulhig La 4 iol oa pil og aR \ acfd to fot 4 gjI1Sa 8 be it 

prepare thovgath and bol Bp but be fore reacbed the 


{ i 9 2 pics UC bo | Oe Oe ea oti DPS 

snk reny ot be ais Bde) ye who it was ‘not now. Mary, raised 
: v aes 9 ot aaiditeoroa. tot slool.o} ayesd 19i9° 4 

ace and ‘sa é a 81 eRe prea woul ee: and he Tas brought Joseph. and 

re guste, be ib Tosbed st gp 2d gupl anw.2 xs ye ne.basn ol 
ames, Jessie an os ‘a How. el lad ayy you h *f at come home again. 
: 93 2 4 C7 8 #0015 * qale no So fLiQin 

Hows’ # “yes bes | pli come, tH fur afraid he’ will ¢ die i in. the, mountains ; 3, 

13 ipl pe ay 19 af non} ile mont OUO 14 

clbhe sbinc “one Be ‘anc earey ‘him “brea” said, “dear ‘moth or Tam, here 

ays é IX9G 90} 190) YP lic ji yl, 
Bidey yy RASH this dvi tind! you ‘will feel better.” fa Ww MN drink: it 


Or lh die 2 at Ww ‘ho welll x0 Bina“ carry’ “bread to, any dear ‘Jesus, he: is 
dying oS Wl a aa Rite Ai wae PAY ie pach crazy, heeauce s she, 
Buy idle gilt “me Font the! spirits around her. “Yao. saw Joseph and 
r ral thes TiS Haid at wena ong in old water, ‘then T lay down 


> 


mie 8 He? alll foltea! feria iy aba! . jaa rans hdd soothed her. and she. 
fell qlee, and a asi sleep it was. I breathed a Pray er, to Almighty “God, 


i f. * Aor STOW OUTTIE VO oJ OHVs! 
thee 'T lope edt if Beside my an, zel mother, even in the midst Of death, 
Peter sd We sheet he Taide one ‘hand on 1) each, of our heads, and we : slept 


of nit ey bts ane Wien TP awoke’ Tsay « Baw Bees 
HOR “Kn ean beside s,. aud Th weard ee ‘dear, broct her Bar tholomew. 
r 


oogi 8 nase "a! 
say, ‘Os an near of FAS, ‘heath upon my dea rother that, he can finish 4 Up. 
wit ty 19, tuo ,badoss ai waiheky ba fer 
cr as bee her Seal by. “the death of our be th ers thi it bave fal en by 
9G AOD BYE ila Vi >* ; {ty £ 3] ODT 
the Bo pee se BBA aft eb man tae live e holy ; that ‘i can be ‘gloritied ene 
HATO af 10 awout jog | dome. .at 98d OM b 
ch aaa v? dren in ly h A Re 'T arose 10, my vet and, ansyered , jamen. 
Ke my 3 h: if] i) i} bay 408 
Then Te ARLE Brot i ‘el ¥ Sah ought Krier to help bury. the | 
oil Gls) fi S1qd £G bi ¥ dete, 910 Vieni LET j2ui & 
dead 3 am ly fae a teen cat off, but, Mary, was spared : as they, 
OO WY ATOW US 1 “OMlite 


5 uy pip i Day aps 99d, DE 3 d 2 
naa dE already dea ; ‘Pie right of seeing. them enter here eitused. 
cate ayes ole Raeees EyAR now OIE oO eingiidsor 
he! diy ‘she atid BY more until ie and I entered here, and she 


ry popimnge oemud tedi.od lliw od! rsa. 1800 
is how entirely Beret Spr te ; now as the day. is’ day ing upon us let the, 


bdies be’ PE REX Beene and we will 1 se who ho hy aby and here isa 
body ait ' We y doi the" hut LF atte ‘also “be “brought. dD 3 t Jobn, 
ahd’ Barthok Liszol: we aK: db: “Wh “that ad seen, me, comipg, 
aol ra iid ROTA org nigh bags ad‘ lose fin, and dhe, was, the, 
aware werk ‘ah id Babthotointew" ate “di dot “an n di ane tales 
the fdr SP Mle “fouittatn, ORS they opigg aide " ‘het sand 1 | 
cariod “thei! Breads He’ he ada rae Fae ioe “p cen plot 
hastened “a “ave way te Gil iid wl ‘The x ywentt 0 FE boieel Thence ; to, Mar.” 
tha’s' ob ladies HeeaL ab b, pdtaoal fearing ot thant be cat, off, as a ‘band 


mya ty mwo 2k Don ard ry pa Od SHt0D. YUL Bos 
of confessors had been seen g oing that way int helt oy art 0 f the x night.” 


“Baby Jes sdliveledietney pee eae ere I [reached here, else, 
T 860 Showta WAY 5 yonder ia God 4a 


nt y sud id-apo1d tholomew et eGo wt Md 
, gi > 3 G an & ) if MU 
prone LaAy® sl the y Wrought qonime te tent ; there are his four qalidren; 


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bint where is his wife?’ I said, “they have dragged her away and destroyed 
her by | their animal desires.” Then John. said, “how long has God’s chil- 
cren ‘to be destroyed by’ brutes i in the form, of men,’ I answered, “antil 
man can comprehend there is.a God that creates all, things, and ‘know him-, 
self as a part; and portion of the Almighty whole. im Now as all of the children, 
had. been carried out and Jaid down , side by side, and. Levi was laid at, 
their. head, Peter begun to look for something to dig the grave ; ; he found, 
a ‘spade and an axe ; the axe was ‘found, beneath the bed. of dried grass on 
which the children had slept ; they took the spade and. axe, and. dug a grave 
big one, for cnere au then the dried grass was laid at the bottom, then. 


had given them to him, so they were Abe. “When rer were all prepared, in, 
that manner, I arose from. my knees where I had been bathing my mother’s. 
head and went out from the tent. When I looked upon. t those fair young. 
faces sleeping in death beside the father, I burst into tears and sobbed 
aloud ; then I knelt upon the fresh dirt and poured, out my_soul to the, liv. 
ing God. 
The agony TU suffered overpowered me ; I laid, down. “ob, the cool, tenn, 
dirt and pressed my temples upon it. As my. head. ceased, to beat a holy. 
calm came over me ; then I arose to my feet and exclaimed, “Holy Creator. 
God, hold control until earth will acknowledge Thee as Father and Creator, 
of all things.” Here I ceased to breathe and they bore me into the tent. 
and lay me down beside my Pars Here Mary reached , out” her. hand 
and laid it on my forehead. saw she was. controlled ; ‘that hand cooled 
my head and gave me reat life, such a life I had not, known for a long ) 
time. There the future passed before me and I saw ih then I saw that, 
ages and ages must pass. away before earth would be prepared for the fin-, 
ishing up of that work which had been begun, and I. did see even then the., 
inhabitants of earth would not receive humble truths as they were, but by. 
another human sacrifice. “Who. will be that human sacrifice oi I asked. ) 
The answer came, “God will prepare the. way, walk, yet therein.” eid lay 
there for hours hardly knowing if I was in, that poor body. or out.of it, At ; 
last I heard a great commotion as if many were gathering together, . I said 
to John, “what is this. confusion around us ?” He answered, the _Priest-, 
hood have decreed that all the Hebrews i in the land, that, will not deny oh 
esy shall be put to death by the battle axe, and all that ‘deny. heresy are to, 
be proupht before the idols and be taught the ‘initiations, of a, true worship- 
per, and then they are to take oath that: they will assist, in caring for all the 
priests and confessors i in the land... oly breathed deep and, said, “hell ‘3 devi-». 
ces may come to naught i in God’s own time.” 
It was now midday. “Martha entered there. I said, “Martha, I am ‘dy- . 
ing Yor food and drink.” “Here,” she said, “I have. brought you some bread | 
and a cup of milk. I brought the milk thinking, Mary could drink some. of 








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it and ,you the rest, and here is some/good fresh bread.” |. ; I took the cup of 
milk, and as I raised it to my lips my hand was stayed. I handed it back 
to Martha’; then I,took apiece of, bread but, could, not.eat but. a little; then 
[called (to) John, and, said, ‘:I,musc,be borne to the spring where. I, can . 
drink the water fresh from earth) ere.it loses its life”? .They raised me,to 
my feet and assisted me out,of the tent., I,.was filled with wonder, because 
the ‘inhabitants ‘of, Tyre. were, bringing , their, sick from every part of. the 
citys: Then: L knelt. beside the, spring, and, drank freely of. that cold electric 
water, and I became cooled of my fever ; then I arose to my feet and ex- 
claimed, “God is here, bring hither your sick that they may be healed.” 
The first that was brought was a man witha lame hip. Then I called 
Bartholomew and said, “bare that hip, lay your hand upon it, and command 
the disease to depart in the name of the living God.” He had no sooner 
laid his hands upon him than he lept with joy and said, “God has healed 
me and I will praise him forever.” _Then the multitude shouted, “the Holy 
God is here.” Peter, John and Bartholomew continued the work of heal- 
ing by laying on of hands and in the name of God. Bartholomew ex- 
claimed as oné lept'on his' feet that Had been’ strickén down by ‘palsy, “here 
God is the physician, come and be healed and give him the glory ; He is the 
light, He is the strength, He is, the life, come ye and bathe in his holy 
electric. breath, ” ot was controlled at least four hours, While my faithful 
followers were healing, the sick one poor man was healed th:t had been af- 
flicted for a; long time by the tightening of the cords. His knees were | 
twisted and his feet turned backward. After he_ was healed he came near 
to where I was standing and shouted, “tell, oh tell who is the father of such 
a holy | thing as I see before me.” I answered, “who is. my father, my mother, 

my, heather and my sister—they that seek to glorify God and bless humani- 
ty.” I then said, “God's children are a glory to their Father, God, in every 
clime and in every kingdom, because they. declare his ever presence, and 
seek to do his will, and they are all my fathers, my brothers, my mothers and 
my sisters,” Then he shouted, “Glory to God, I am thy brother and thou art 
my. beloved son.” “Amen” they. all shouted, “he is our brother and we will 
follow him, to the end.” 

Now. .as the day. was nearly a Leiah’ bore me into the tent, and as. 
tie knelt, there, beside my mother, and lay my hands upon Mary’ s head, she 
exclaimed, “father I knew ,-you ‘would come.” _ It, was Leiah’s daughter. 
She, had. controlled Mary all that day. Here de breathed out of me 
even, while I was kneeling there, and I fell down like a blasted thing be- 
side_my mother, , Leiah’s daughter reached out her hand and said, “come, 
brother, lay, down beside thy mother. and God will assist me in giving you 
strength; even a part of my own life I will give to thee and thine.” Then I 
breathed .a, fervent prayer. as J lay there stricken down, and the tent was 


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filled with angels bright/and there TPfall asleep Yin tleholped& ofahgel’s — 

peel it bebosd To .beyeta aew booed yn eqif Yor of df bozigs Tea Bas Alin 

coThatnight wealh ‘lay down and slept until the Hay dawhedsl! My folléw- 

. SwepsIdN Bia stel by their beatingvand chéechdnie which bad been so 
lately’ deetipicd’ By Lévi's family’ was! filled Wiel pode maa eibbsittiat 

were dodiled by the” priesttiood to die%by the battle GxeleedTers weiwill 

leave ‘the readé# and begiti“alchapter Mle with Wn oisl aid dexpairl IN one 

of the: ‘preset ge) gat? Na a whut ave’ ‘all ‘safferedidut inglthe next 
thirteen diya. of okots “1 nod}; 19vet yet To boloos sataosd I ‘Buia wolaw. 
*hbelsod’ od ‘ysan ¥ me isd? woie aoy tedtid enttd’ stoi et bow bominto 


balfeo L-nedT .aid Sasl 8 diiw earn Baw yey crew irdd jan ‘od’ T 
biecimos bas Ji soqu baad ao0y yal .qid Iadd sted bise Bae womolodhed 
sencoe on bad sll “bow enivil sad to oniea silk ai jrageb ot séernosih 6d} 
belssd end bow” (bise bas yor diiw tgol 6d asd he nogu ehaad eid bial 
i spev am obatils to dR na, wer seintq Ifliw T bas sta 
“ABS 10 WiOW Sha CAOTI TE os aol Ish “ered af box) 
f smolodissG mies, i SMR df i bors ebosd ‘ no aniyal yd gai 
| TAR) “SBCOND: DAY APTBR' PESUS| AM ‘DOWN, MROM) THE, MOUNTAINS, 
alt ai SEL; yrote odd off ovig bite bolesd od bie otitos isisieyidg ot ef boD 


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s “As thé: sy ‘aawned i Bea we ai aha ae then fhadd condi! 
tions ‘to procure bread." “As Feta’ and Baitholemew’ nat old” fhe “begets 
would go et A the city, “buy, ‘and ‘bring away si: Smnill "pa eels PW’ that Way 
we were ‘fed for two. days, and then the’ fleas ould, 24, ean t 8 Ad ‘but how Wwe: 
were existing yand ‘they stationed Menisetves wheble they ‘kd Beeb seat 
to 80, ‘and. as aah as the” poor fainishied Petes! Gai 180 bred they were 
sure “to, fall by the” ‘pattle” axe, ‘their Gola would'be hela | We téenaltied 
upon ‘the “thltside and Bandrads came ia bearing ‘fons! with Mein there 
sick and | mhainied, ‘ba iad a forgot ‘their barley npr Phe Beboms! 
stronger by. ‘breathing “Thagnetisin from the’ ot arose wife Until PFI 
Gots Garant fite could bel iumparted shreugh ant d thi  prethreh that had 
been sealer’ ed | at ‘Jerusaler were g gathering ‘arotind Sp Shdas cathe tear” 
and knelé at n my 7 feat, 1° Gnd “burst into tears’ ie “Sholphdly "brother! 
lead and g guide me, | I am at thy, command. ” JI said, «Hae ‘to Hone but the 
living God. ‘He i is beside ‘tite Sask Him to Wifedt You PHS Heft arose'to 
ie feet bent T 1 gi aft from’ e érual distanc’d “Fail atl” avouiid itn as He! 
shouted. Day Father, Aha, do ‘wit me" a Teva Wilt, Pam Peewee 
wonld do Thy \ will “Tih he durted away AG te Pook feLvleereatares, 

dédiaring G3ds 3 ‘presence, 7 nd Ia la 1g hands ap nt hem; hd? éSminanding their 
diseases to depart, and th hroug rir at brdtiiérs ial day BAY: os wel 
heat led. * “Fide was Stephen oi st-bdrn, Leh Haide we was Sidtdwe? nee wes at 
and’ sautifi tn ‘but the: power that bl’ upon HARSH § mighty. . “Au the aay’ 
is face was se chiseled imarble,> ny hair Was’ 6 oht alld Wowie, this Bar 


ments nicely fitted his delicate form, and I could but exclaim, “an angel of 














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light;has come in.our-midst.”’., By; hisside was a) fair-haired. sister, frail as 
she, was (beautiful. Her, (face bespoke her., preparing for a, holier condition: 
She would draw, near him from time/to time,. and .say, “dear. brother, ,had 
weéinot better go home?” His answer was, ,“dear sister, thy; home is;not 
here, but inca liolier, happier sphere.”. ., Then she would. go, away. alone, and, 
dall oft-God,to keep, her dear. brother. and.. bear,.him, back. to, her,father, ‘to 
sooihé,that good father in his declining;days., .I ;drew) near her and saidj 
sepeneh would.you rob. God,,of his glory, in ,order,to comfort even thy, 
father?” Her answer, was, “Iam. feeble; aud I have.followed: this, brother, 
im order to, eomfort-him, all. I,can,|.and’ beary him, back, again,to.our home.” 
Here her eyes closed, and I saw big, tears roll, down. ber, cheeks. Then \she 
: apna ereds “he is all, the son, my. father. ha-,,and he looks upon Simon, as’, his, 
stiiy, in his-old age ; but if thet dear. brother. belongs: to,Gud,,, he, wi'l, surely, 
claim that which is his own.”,.;.Then,1said. “Amen, the hand, of God, ix held, 
over that family, and,.ere long he will surely. claim his, own.”... She. bowed 
her, head. and said, “I shall.stay, beside,my brother until God, divides,us.”’,, I, 
then hastened away to my, mother... She was still laying in,the tent. Here 
was Martha, bathing-her temples,.and Lazarus was laying beside her. , Here, 
Martha, had borne that poor, frail body,, »s she had) seen the. confessors gath- 
ering in-bands_all about the.city., As .I..entered that tent,.of..sorrow, my 
heart, declared, against so.much, suffering,,.and; as) I,.knelt beside..my, mother, 
and) Lazarus, a gentle band_.was lainsupon, my own, ,and an ;angel, bright 
breathed a prayer for her brosher.),, Her, holy. inspiration filled. us..all, with 
confidence in. God and love to.humanity.;, I then went out among.the, poor 
inhabiants of Tyre,,and shouted, ‘God’s holy angels.are,in our midst, letyus 
hold thm. by,.our, good works.” . Here Martha called, me and,,said,, , “I, fear, 
Mary. is dying, she hardiy breathes, and her flesh, is, so colil.”: I then.,called, 
Bartholomew, and said, “go, lay dvwn, by my, mother, fold, your arms, about 
herjto keep) her, from death.’ .. 1 :knew,:his, warm. life-strength,.would,hold 
that life that was going out, and my frail body had naught to give. _ Many, a 
time .I.would call.my; brothers around me and say, “form a circle anound.me, 
that I may. draw. life from you, in-order that I may, be.borne along until the. 
hour may.come for God,to. be glorified, and humanity. be, blest, by the death of - 
this, body ;..that, they may. behold our,father, God, as he,is, and be parr to 
give him all'the glory.”, 

 diven, then, while my, dear, mother lay i in, Papell arms, 0B fell 
asleep; and drew warmth from.that bosom that, blest her. ;., When shejawoke 
she. looked; around and)said, “where is. Joseph and the ehildren ? ”....I an- 
swered, “they are all here, and I am still living in the body to bless YOu, 
_ dear mother.” ‘Then she said, “come here, dear Jesus, I have not seen you 
| for a long time, but Joseph told me you would come back and die upon the 
cross. I then went tosleep, but I have had a fearful dream. I dreamed 


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Joseph and’ James had both Beew killed, but what T dreamed about Simeon! 
Dean never forget, it'seemeéd Sol réal! “But*atout! Jessié, 1 can’ttell hhowoit 
is; but it Seems' to frighten me most to death, yer: knowit is bet ba! dream, 


as ‘they ‘aré"all herd)" Bat you, my dailitig bey, I did/see them! !drivesthe — 


adits dit! 'Yout Hah ds and feet?” “Ad my hatidwas' clasped in Hers; che raived! 


it befUre her; 'to'sée if the ‘marks! were still! upon'the hands Pl was so affected 


E could Hardly predthé!”'John care ili aiid Said,“dearBrotler,syou! will die 
here,’ Tet us: e0 Ott-amone’ the many, and you! will g/t'strerigthy atid ‘then you’ 


<a Come back aba Garé’ ‘ei Mary.” | Pansweredso¥ amstroveer now, God's! 


child ‘Hag! Preuthedupdn*me?'! Then! [knelt down! und! prayedte my ereator 
God, péchuse’ity that out! Thad nowherevelse/té Aces and-loprayed that Goul 
would’ give ‘back? eh ‘Mothers reason, and) even! whiled! was ‘praying, Mary: 
answered, “ Amen} give’ Goadthe gloryy imychildren' até all sheréy cand ‘God's 
dhildrenbaré here''ts! bless'thém:” | Here’ T! asked Bartholomew "to lay “one 
han@upoh her head ahd Another Ow her feet, an@'call on’the Tivinig ‘Godito 
restoré‘hér' réagon) ‘and’ dn ‘a Short tite she breathed deep, and asked: forral 
drink. This was'thé first! tine ‘she seemed’ to’ Falta Panything around.) 
saw she Gould hot /conipreheiid-why we ‘were inithat Strange! pldces Martha 
came: forward and ‘said; wear Mary; wé' ‘ave alll arounil/you; ‘be eomforted; as. 
you have been EE ip Pr She latiswered, “L' know ‘they are ‘all-here, as’ 
can sée every one. “| Joseph did ‘not:"come |! home! when E expected him) but. 
lo Mhitter; as hé is hére now.” WP her shé ‘fell into'“a’ deep sleep) and “slept? 
Until mordihg'dawned.“"Daving'the'day all'of the! Hebrews were filled’ with 


féear,' expebting’ 40 be Git'off, “and they were | gathering’ ‘together’ in’ families 


and‘in bands. “'Theré' was’biie aged centurian “it their “midst, his ‘ame was’ 
Corhelius; ‘hé’was'a ‘prophet and ‘a'séer.' He conifianded: thém\ to’ ‘po ‘pack 
totheir‘homes by Highs and bring’ vay all thé Bread) Wil*tlie meal) ‘and all 
the biurley they had} he'also''Said;' “prepare “foreailony jouritoyy a8! you are 
going'a journey néver to rétirn again?” Some felt it: boata ner lve: ‘$0, ‘while 
sonié felt the ‘truth of his'saying. “They were’all heldatrom ‘death writil night 
closed'in Upon them," then: they” sotight ‘thei® ‘hotnes\” in Order fo bear ‘away’ 
. food and clothing ‘preparatory toa! Tong journey, pat’ dearly’ one-half! tha’ 
dought their homes were tit Uf'by the con fesdors ;’but they that?did Fetarn 
brovght back food ind! clothing) “After they’ caine’ Badk'| they’ made then 
selves as comfortable as they could, and rested until mokiinig.” ls 'there was’ 
bui ofie heap of dried’ grass'in the tent, ‘48 it*had been tiséd about Lviv and 
his children‘at! burial,?I ‘etept in beside “Lazatis. "He laid iis hand npow 
my head atid blest $e and we fell asleep” gether? “This ended’ the’ ‘iad 


day.. Me j 4 pita ti oii tite fit 5 Dae ee i od fe GL Y! ait” ben 
gid ¢ eo FT és : : 9 ey hy THUD Qi9e Sires wh 3 3 ode moa 1 “odor kOb 
Og wa lees HOw 3409 blaaw NOY OT bioi digszol dud ori gaol & aot 
s. bad ers d dud .qoula ot inew dodd 1 aco 


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dedi en 02 om. erowolla? fnidaist ppwo0'd ... “at aozol ids Lf O19 Duteys "| 
tol idguee ol] 6 tee anby.! 
eat, Start th eutaiet ER xix.” : 

stom yon aidiw irl. Irrnvot.onoe bat mes a vl bos arublido eid 
oraeid, te oh riot beneleasd of bas lh DHOG ha yd Os pay lissl deelt 
ale ead DAY ARTER, ff BSUS: recy DOWN, FROM. AHE, MODNTAING) 1, 

a } via) 
ahs fy oN eee yi if » bey bart € i3% 1B 4) § oe } if: s iD min husteie “se OLA byt i he 7 


Sepak ie awoke, at early pas i. said, ‘anieey Or ye chik te of ,Gody. 
aide prepaire.to defend yourselves jthere‘is & band af} privgts; coming back,.of 
yonder hill, and. they are! all. armed, with battlesaxes?) )“Hd wid you know; 
my! dear mother,?()1 said, “has » , Ged), rev éaled,to, you-thei, abming at “She 
qaswered; “God’s childitold me-whenel awoke, and,,ehe is hete now. |) Ask 
her, and she! will tell all I saide:, Holy, rcreators.teweal; through "Eby child 
what; is,to be: done for;these poon, ereated ,cliildren! of) Phine.”\| y I saw) her 
draw near, and she laid her, hand. ih (mine,.and'said,) ‘brother,<God'sichildrem 
aneofiiled, with fear, because even now,a bind of priests are coming in sight; 
They, are,on their. way; ito Jerusalém, and: if the) people’ |kvep themselves 
quiet, they, mayi pass: “by and) not observe themyods« they are bearing) a little 
southward”) I-said,,, “Liwill,eredp outy /of thé tentvand-bidsithem be:silent/* 
E then; said, “Holy ads assist us in, ,our, hour | ofimeeds??.,)'E sbidy the! poor 
ereatiires remaitas they were, until I.should bids them: arises» Am half hour 
passed away, and, Peter said, pe God be rye they hayel passed. us bi 
and wevare safe! for: the present.” jiw v0 Pitt iw 

») Phenithey. all arosesand pet ree Crna ade | eal had ‘alll 
ate, I looked: around and. saw my brothers, all fee Jas) they! had nothing. 
I stepped forward and said, “feed, QO: féed),all that! hae -nothing to eat; and 
God will: feed you with, the, bread; that :perisheth \not,”', dere, Iwas filled 
With despair, as, they. did not; bring forward their'bread, knowing they :hadia 
plenty. then: said, “bring your ‘bread: to \God's faithful; children, ov; L will 
fled your? ‘Thea they, brought their bread, andywe-all ate, and, gave.thanke 
to the: giver of the gifis, that, blest; his, children! ,;\ Mary arose that day, and. 
ate, a small piece.of barley bread.) All of that day, the poor, humble dazarus. 
held. himselfttin. prayer. . As the sun arose higher and still: higher, we began’ 
to feel, that'something must be:done,. »I called, tothe holy) man ‘of;God; and 
said, “brother, ask \God to direct ‘us,| and we: will follow yout: what cyou get 
for. answers? oo] |said,) “it is; not, possible to remain here;! because: wershall 
surely be cut:to pieces, |! If we-flee to the! mountains, we: shally alli starve’ to! 
death, and Jet.God decide,our destiny,: let. it be life! om death.” 1: ddfere -my' 
aged brother. knelt down and prayed earnestly, fervently »then he bowed his: 
head as if to get:answer THe'themarose:to his feet;:and said) God’s hand 
is upon jus;! theresis nothing but.death, Jet) usiego which oway! wegwilk? ul, 
then:said, “let ‘us go )to,' Jerusalem, ‘the: king was once my friend,‘he may 
gave us still.” | Cornelius bowed his: head, and said; “brother, itis thy: des? 
tiny, we: will-hasten. there.” oI said, “perhaps it»will be as well to reach the: 


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hi'ls beyond ere night closes in.” Four faithful followers came to us that 
day, Judas, Seth, Mark, and Stephen, the father, of Simon. He sought for 
his children, and he heard they had gone toward Tyre, with m-ny more 
that had gone there for peotection, and he hastened forward, lest harm 


should befall thém. As he dr w near, his danghter fl-w'to miet him. She. 


folded her arm: around him, «and sail, “how are my friends at home?” His 
only answer was wdeep groan. ) “Tell me, dear father, what is the matter. 
Has anything happened 'my family 2?” Heothen ‘raised “his Nead and ‘said, 
“daughter, God has saved) you'lrom death by “bearing you! away | with my. 
boy.” He con‘inued, “therday! had hardly '‘jassed’ alway ‘that you started at 
early dawn, when a Vand of: confecsors entéred that’ home and damned: my: 
daughter, and left them‘dead, and°yotr' poor, frail: mother died even there, 
ere they lay hands upon’ hers!) Thad) beew away, and'as°T entered niy home, 
my heart broke. © Then’ I-siid, God wi'l lead’ mé to ‘my “dear boy, and to 
you, my dear daughter.and now: ‘have looked ‘upon yoo, ‘Ihave nothing to 
dovbut give mys If toGodand humanity.” “Here Simon’ came forward, ‘and 
he! fold: d nis father ‘to‘h s°bosem, ardwept ‘bitter tears’ for bis*holy mocher 
dud: his> beawiful (si-tersio’ Hereo we oalboknelt in” prayer! God's” child 
breathed upon Stephen,and this was'the'prayer that went welling upj-and 
found an answer among*tlie angels that ‘had been’destroyed by these’ finds 
in human garb: | “Hell’s: devices’ are’ holditig ‘control, and: they‘are filling 
earth with mourning. Holy creator, wipe the mourners’ tears away, ‘by 
Kolding control through «Phy angelchildren | “Bind up their broken ‘hearts 
with Thy holy love, kindledin the bisom of Thine own, from Thy ‘own 
inner life, then they will learn that Thou hast’ seen fit: to lay down Thy 
holiest gifts on the a'tarvof ‘hnmanity, that ‘coming ages’ shall be held from’ 
the unholy influence ef*anointed pri-s’s,! and! their aecomplices, confessors.” 
Hire a poor'woman'came, bowed ‘with ‘grief, and’ said, “my! boy! went‘ for. 
bread, and they have destroy: d him.’ “I saw the axe, when it’ ‘fell upon him, 
and he is all Tchad) But Ged ‘will give ‘him ‘back to mé in His own time.” 
Ieanswered, “go and) lie’ down beside my: poor, dying mother. Her holy 
breath will fillgyou with: resignation; as her cup of sorrow ‘is’ flowing. over, 
dnd: you will see:that others’ sorrow is greater ‘than’ your’own.”’'The ‘people 
began to be uneasy,’ feeling something had ought to be done, as ihe: confes~ 
sors had already ‘begun to'throw mi-siles‘in'their midst, and one poor female: 
hadsbeen: hit witha stone, and fell: dead from the blow. ‘I ‘said; “we !will 
bear along the tent’ for to-night, but on. the morrow’ we’ will leave it: Bear 
itiddwn in the large pasture, then we can ‘see if any one is ‘approaching; that 
we may defend ourselves\as "much as possible.” Here’ Bartholomew ‘and! 
Judas began to prepare the tent:for moving.) Mary was Teft in the open air. 
T, took, my, cloakyand wrapped ‘it about ‘her;:and! said, #God’s ether will be ‘our 
covering every night, after this night;: until we reach Jerusalem, and: God: 
alone can: tell what will cover usithem” Here my mother was controlled, 


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and.said, “God.alone ean, hold, his.,.children, from:death, until they, reach 
Jerusslem, and.there they will all find. rest in a, heme beyond. Hold, QO 
hold. Jesus, holy, child.of, holy affection, ard there, holy God, receive, him 
into Thy |oly bosom,” ,,I answered,, “Amen... If i: be God’s: will for me, to 
die, I, will yie'd up my spirit on, the altar, of humanity, that they may know 
He has created one that is, willing, to die. ifneed, be, that Hemay be glorified 
through his:own; created.” Then; the, spirit answered, I will control y:u on 
the cross, and die. for youyif,it be God’s will.” I arswered, “holy. angel. I 
must die. . Lift fear from:me,and then I.can bow; in humble submission. to 
my father’s will” Even then Ijsaw, another, argel drawing, near, and she 
was covered all over, with light. I called, her, and she‘answered, “I have 
come. to lay down, my. whole life for, you, dear brother, aud:for Mary. Her 
poor body is, feeble, but.she cannot die uutil you, dear) brother, have ceas.d 
to be earthy. I have brousht. with mea band of holy influevces, that will 
not. leave you until. you became one.of.us”’ I, bowed .my, head and said, 
“holy, child, of God, do, not,leave me sgain.”.. Her answer was, “God c: m+ 
mands, I must obey.” Thenpthe beautiful sister of Hiram bri athed out, of 
my poor mother’s, frail body, and; there she lay entirely.|elp'ess. I stcop:d 
down. I hld my face. beside her own, snd’s!e/laid her hand upon my 
forehead, and If,lt. she knew. me, for that moment. Here I called Bar; 
tholomew, and.said, “raise my mother.in,your arms, and bear her, down in’o 
the pasture, as the t nt, is s.early ready, and you, Judas, assist. me. 1 car not 
go alone.” He put, his arm,aiound.me, and bore, me along.) Bartholonew 
reached there, before me, as he, was stiong. and his burden was light... Here 
came.one that; had been healed, at Antioch, bearing along with hima camel’s 
hide, and said, “give this io that poor dying woman.”, There I said, Gud 
bless jou, dear brother, that,is my dear mother, and she is decanged.”,, ‘I len 
they laid, Mary, upon it, and covered her over. Poor Lazarus was al o cared 
for, as I could cover him over,with my clcak. Tidy § i 

, The multitude inereased hourly... The: first \dayafter I.came down from 
eel) there! were nearly two hundred, that;did not. leave. us, util we 
reached Jerusalem. The second,day | there were three, hundred, a: forty, 
and on the third, even betore we started..for, the pasture, there were . five 
hundred and eighteen. | Here we. were gathered: together, a, mass of }}uman 
beings, with nothing to d: fend themselves. I called Cornelius to me, and 
said, “if the confessors shou!d fall upon us, they could cut us off without our 
making an attempt even to hold them from destroying the women and chil- 
dren.” I said to Bartholomew and the rest of the brothers, “there i~ a p'ace 
on the north side of the city, directly again-t the wall, where the confessors 
keep their battle axes, and if you could get at them, when they were asle: p, 
you could arm yourselves for defence.” They all answered, “we will make 
the attempt.” Then they choose from among them forty of their strongest 
men, and the rest were left to guard the feeble things that had gathered 


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together?!) They krielt if prayer before’ they starved, °" Here’, be +Hiaae® an 


pxptisdion LRecttis : 9H ly! ‘God, assist! us ever in’ prepa ining thew ay! to 
destroy’ fieiids ir human stiapé, lead and hold ts*that we ‘may nor be cut off, 
Bui asset listhabwe tay Peturf ‘arid’ defend! the ‘poor humble och ren of 


Thine,/atid Leak them glon@-ubtiP their ddath? shall’ be! a! glor'y td Vhee;*in 


Bestar 8 he eohdiridhs ML whicl they dave héld, ‘chitined in 'dafhiiess, all 
Goverdd' ote with fear. Tudas largwercdy Amen!) God will esict sy T 
feel is"power upon! mit” | They’ started forth, andere they could ré4ch the 
dity, they werd deeusted! byod ‘heathen! He said} “you ‘cannot 96 in thé 
Site, as’ the priests ANd confessofsibire holding 4 cbuncil.?  Barthélotiew ant 
sw ted, “chere is where Tam going es Then he ast ered} Ugo” They 
Were filéd with! fuar, as ‘they saw preparations’ were thaking | “every where for 
des fuctibn of thé defenceless? Hebrews) Yet? ney press dae fot wild, “and 
when’ ys reached the /hduse Whete thé battlelaxés’ Were ‘kept. the'dvor was 
open. Bai'thdlomew 'said;we have'come 'to'arhn Ourselves With Bate axes, 

“in ordet to’ held'tlie Country fiom orifusion. | Here: there are 2 pieilt ae nnd 
spare} aiid 'T kvep them bright*and shatip.” “They all tool two’ éach} and 
Hastitied away through a''sidel'gate,; that! had: béen’ left! open Wy accident. 
When they returned all’safe,"I ould “but ‘éxelaim,'" Holy God, ‘Thou’ art 
mighty ever in’batile.” | Tt being now latey they ‘all gathered arbtin wb thé fire 
that had been’ Kindldd beside a shelving rock; seeking'td mAkelthe Poorsiek 
Hid dying comfortables/asthey. eould:)» The! aged’and éhildreh siffered the 
most. AlPof that (day itthad ‘beén ¢o'd!and'dainp!'© The’ éhildren Dewan 46 
be’filled' with fever, ‘and the!aged with despair.” Tn thé mist of aivh’) while 
they were sitting around’ the fire) 2° ‘battle ‘axe’! was “throw ith ety ‘midst; 
bid then andther}and another.” The first Struek into the Busom of +! isoptied 
that! waé ursing “her babe. ‘She ‘fell back with oneGeep arounJand was 
dead. © ‘Her babe fell "to" ‘the ground, its’ head was lefty Bae’ it ‘Still 
breathed until day dawned. ‘Phen it was "given ‘to: the “motliers bosom 
apain, ina condition that: battle ‘axes! could! destroy néver again. The kec- 
ond fell! upon ‘an'aged man, ‘and’ disjomted’ his hip! °He lived ‘anid wena 46 
Bear’! lint’ along ina’ hides) Theothird >was~hurled at Burtholomew. >’ Tt 
grazed i- cap, and’ then|struckidt-ep into tlié/earth. | Greaniteuy fill’ dievery 
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bo As,mo, one was,to, be seen astir, I, went ber Many and,.said, “dear, mother, 


Abe day, is clear, we, must; rbegin, an journey, earl; ie that We, may. reach, Gal- 


Jilee’s, benders ere night, closes in.”s,..., Her . eyes, .Were full, of tears .as she 
Feached, out her hand tome, and said, “come, kneel beside me, my. dear. bay, 
you areal, I haye: Left. on, eartl, of my; own) dear children: ; Jur t us call, »them 
all, Around (im, chene,j in, this, tent,.a$3 we ycannot, meet, t), em again alone on 

earth?  £ said, ‘Josephy, bring the, children all:here,to my, dear,mother, that 
She | may, jook, Dppn, them, ag her reasons, clean.” dot ons ath eae, forward 
and Anelt,around , her,,even..as they;-did,;in oup mountain, heme. .; Then 
poured forth, my, whole soul | in prayer, ; uni il my, breath went; out, and, iL fell 
ack, entirely helpless...;.Then Martha came, forward, and knelt be, ide me, 
and; said,,..“¢ome, dear, ea you, have, ay duty,, to.pyrform for these poor 
creatures that are dyingy felled, with fever. ,;Four Area out, during the 
pight, and ;there are, many, falling sick from exposure.’ I then said, ‘‘may 
God assist me, that.] may. care for his;children,”. I then ‘Anelt, down and 
Amprinted, a kisscon, my, mother’s jcheyk... »She; Jal i her arm about, my neck, 
and drew meyclose to her,and said, have, courage, God’s child. is, beside 
you,and God i is, ayhere, his children, are-».odloldimy bey,s angel of light, until 
he can finish up, alli that ean, be done. in; hts age. then, we will leave. the re- 
gult in, God's, hands, Jet it, be what,it.may.”., , Then swe all began to, prepare 
dor; a journey, but) fiyst we, buried. the d ad, ed all that were ,S0. sick they 


could not, stand upon’ th vir fects they, ac Lorne. along , by the stronger, 


Wrapt in, hide3,,ayd the, feeble were lid: 4, Bartholomew, wrapt, my, cloak 


ssn Moly, nd touk ber in his arms, eh would an infant, John came 
be, Afjer they, had all started, we 
knelt on nde co hag pycsenee Midis tetiae There we. held each other in that 
holy embrace, and Joha exclaimed, “holy child of God, breathe. upon, my 
bpother, that. may; fold you,in;my,bosom with my brother,” 8) felt a holy 
eal come over; me; and Tt fell aslep, in the holy embr ace, of an angel, with 
my brother's anms, around. us, SOOT Sn oa sia Nar ie” 
te How, long L slept, I; know. not, but when, L brake the whole band had 
gone nearly out of sight. , stow, is, this,” I, sa d, “ove are e lelt, behind. 4 John 
answered, SL have, hild.Gyd’s child in my, bogom, and | the, sooier I can die, 
be, bet eres, ot long, to,,meet her in spirit, and 1 would glally cense to be 
hae now,, dear br, viber, but, the holy, ange | said, do gare, for my ‘br ther, and 
beur him along until his earth mission is étided for the p! esent ug we i Now 
JL said,‘let us, hasten after them, 4s,byst we may? |. put bis arm around 
my was’, while, iL layy my arm, over his shoulder, | and, le bore m Qiohy as 
bestrhe could; ., It, Wits). heatly, noon ere, we overtook them. ye Tene: af had 


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stopped by a brook, and were preparing to eat, when J reached them. Ex 
hausted, I sat down beside my mothery<; She looked better than I had seen 
her before, and she was calm. I knew she had drawn life from my dear 
brother, Bartholomew. He sat beside the brook, bathing his face and hards, 
but ‘fv arfiilly exhausted: ‘Mary said, “my dear boy. ron were 80 far behind, 
T feared somethitig had nabipened) ‘but, bless: God: ‘you’ ‘are safe, ‘and 1° Path 


fee'i ing much better,” ’ Here they divided off in’ families, "dnd" were eating. . 


Then 1 espied a’ ‘band of ‘be ‘egars: way by” theitisel ves, Knevling in prayet, 
bit they hid nothing 6 fat. After they hid purtaken’ of ‘tlie’ bread’ of ‘life, 
Tcalled them to me, arid said, “God has«fed you’ with’ bread’ that’ pi ‘pisheth 
‘not, but these people must give you of the fragments ¢hat are left.” Martha 
‘had! apiece of bread she had brousht with her for Lazarus; ‘bat ‘his apps tite 


had entir ly failéd him” Slié said “here, dear’ Mary, and ‘ihe’ res! of you 


that have nothing to bit, take what 1 ‘have, atid if we ‘aré to starve, we will 
die together” Simoi’s sister drew near'tis. I'lnoked: ‘pon her,” 80° ‘frail, ‘go 
exhausted, aud I'did ktiow the hand of death was ‘upon her. I said, ay ter, 
God’s angel children are hovering around you.” Her ‘answer’ was, “YT Jong 
to be with! them.” — After th: Py had rested, again (gathered up alt’ they hed, 
and hegan their journey again. “Judas came and assisted me, while yehhs 
bore along the camel's b dé for Mary’: anid’ ‘Laza\us’ to ‘lie’ déwWh “upon, Wheh 
they stopped to rest. Peter took Mary i in his arms, and Stephen and Seth 
took Lazarus on a hidé, dild the rest of thie sick peophy were borne along ‘by 
their friends, as best they could.” The? Cou: ‘try’ ‘thrdiigh which’ we passed 
along, Was batren and decola: e; Vere ‘arid’ ‘there’ a’ hérdstnat’s’ hut, ‘aiid 
neth 1 ng more. “Holy creator, Goil, the wa te’ places ‘shall’ yet blossom’ Ii ‘Ke 
the rose, and all earth shall acknoWledse Thee as Thy be getter in Thine 
own elemen s, and the ae of Thy glory sha I be’acknowl aged throvgh 
Thy wondrous formatio:s.’ “Amen,” niiswered Judas, ‘let ‘Gud control, 
then th-re will be no more a demand for hiiman sacrifires' to djipedse Human- 
ity’s demand, be cause then’ the y wil) all be ghia to have Goi pints 
all in all.” Ose Cet 
Ere the sun went down, we all becatne exhausted, aga we were ompelted 
to stop for the night “Hire:the childrén’ were crying with’ hu: ‘ger-and’e old, 
and among the rest of our sufferi:gs, j.oor Lazattis ould hardly breathe. \AB 
the weather was cold’and d-mp, they all ‘piipared’ th: mselves as best they 
could, with nothing but thee irthi fora Led, except here and’ there’ ‘a hide’ to 
spread beneath them, and ‘God's cterual distitic 8 to cover them | “Over twerity 
died that night fiom expo ure. ‘The nivht passed’ away: gad and: étvomy’ ‘to 
us all, and: morning did pat! but tu Msarit: us new fringe and new 
despair. * | | ol tail tisd 
Here we will Teave the fourth day, but I will add, it is bit! hit A sihinbatarb 
surroundings that I have ‘attem)ed to &k/ tech. * ¥lt I would’ ete: them Gl 
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Tére L'will make one statement.) Judas Iscariot was a: faithful friend to 
me, from the time he;came:to me; until) I: was: nailed to the cross. Even 
ithen he was faithful to me. because he -was_atten pting to reach me with: a. 
eup of water. Thad. called: for, ad. as) he ‘reached: it: toward ‘me, I siw an 
anointed priest’ strike offi) is head. © And.O,.humanity, your: 1ecords are 
filled with deceit, and God will surely::-bring’ them:to nanght: | Priesteraft 
and deception:have brought:the back:to earch, inorder that ju-tice shvuld be 
done:my fullowers; also to establish facts ‘even as they were. 


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Perit ausvece, CHARTER XXf. 
», I will now detail concerning the. fifth day... Mary,,awoke ‘as day. was 
dawning upon us.../ Tl heard her chanting a little hymo, like tiis,one she used 
to sing in our mountain home : | 
ya Holy God) Hou hast'léd' me hereunto this mountain, 
L would ever feel (hat Th: u art near m:/in my humb'e home. 
i) Hely, Gol, but-cleanse my dear children,in Thy fot. ntan, 
fe And may my futher ever lead and guide them on... . 

Here her voive ceased, but in a soft whisper, arid there she conversed with 
her fumily at léast:halfan hour. Then her’ breath came deep, and I. saw 
Juines was controlling her.' Then he calli dome to him and said, “Jesus, my 
mother may livé until we/a'l gather around her ‘in’ spirit, and then we will 
ask’ God to brea’ he herout of that. poor body into our bosoms. © And you, 
dear brotlier, will close the eyes of poor Lazarus, ere the eleventh day atter 
your coming down fromthe miuntain, © But donot tear to meet us; it Will 
be'a’holy hour’to us/all.”) Here’ he withdrew his influence, and my mother 
awoke. Shesaid, “they are ‘all here, dear Jesus!‘ how! g!ad I am we are not 
to’ be divided in?the brighter world»beyond” Then‘we all arose. 

»oAfter they had partaken of ‘their scanty fare, we began to look around 
and we found eight had ceased to be eaithy. They were all brought to- 
gether and lain in/a‘row, and. all the friends uf’ the deceased knelt ‘arund, 
while I breathed ai prayer to’ Almighty God ‘or the friends still living’ in 
their bodies. | ‘Thenthey werevall lainin‘one broad graves Then they were 
cover: d o'er with dried grass and leaves, and ‘then the dirt was heaped upon 
them. Then we began our jourtiey, andthe sun was shining on the car.h, 
and we made at least’three!leagues'that day.” We reached’ Cana’ ere the 
sun went cown, but’ did? not ddre®? enter the® city. Seth’s father’ lived 
there. After nizht closed in, Peter'and Seth went to the good Hebrew, and 


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ere! morning dawned; they returhedsiwith twovbatketsfulbofebtéad! oiBut 
duritg theday following thisemight, there werecmany: tha towered toowiek»to 


be carried. They were left)in: herdsméns* huts, asowe! Came Along, sbutvall | 


thateived until theverucifixion; werebebeaded soonaftar.): (Martha! had be- 
come/exiiausted by, leading Lazarus; /as he«was) compelled: tolean'so anuch 
of-his weikht upom her,iascher feet’ becuinzisore by the cold, rough éarth)-she 
wasiconipeHeéd:toiwalk apon! {She Hal mbtrbeetyrable oto /naake;sher amy 
shoes, moving about; andiher brothendiadchéemso feotlle; hte csi ances: tpcadan 
necessities in caring for others. 

During that night, many were chilled by the cold winds, and, as the chills 
wore away, fever set in; aud as the sun arose, we found many entirely un- 


able to continue their journey. Here again we were compelled to leave 


seven that were stricken down, and still breathed. Four had ceased to 
breathe during the night. We taid them 1 Lin, mother earth’s bosom, all that 
belonged to earth, while the weary éoule found rest in the bosom of their 
God. I breathed a prayer over those sleepers, and left them, carefully 
covered over, and’a'mark' Set at thé head lof eat wo? iheit}ateatiy of ‘the 
friends\-should seek the! earthy! bed of endsé theyhdd loved, they edu!d be 
gratified. But I do know, none of that multitud@éver ‘Hetmieed thee steps 
through that desolate,;countnyy but,they were, all, Avatmoyed bythe order of 
the priesthoeds »'Hred Ivhad. come duwn!'ifrom 'thesmountaiiis, the Hebrew 
familivs had been: trivendbout-from pecan iplacéyaitiP they had become 
entirely disheartened!® "Pher firey When they heard T hid ‘dime down from 
the, mountai)s, they gathered, arowid,me,.!opiny I feould dikeetithiem. As 

many| a family, had been entirely,(des,rdy ed, they »wete,|so,filled with’ fean 
they. caught jat.a fyeble hope, feeling that «through. sme, they: could, gnt direc 
tions.as jor, their. futos ¢, and be Hed to yafland avheré they; iwere not con- 
stantly file! with the:fran,of the battleaxed; (Butonow they-;had followed 
me; tothe seventh day,.and.they bégan.toifeel 1, was nots strong, .éaoughsto 
hold myself,.as,J. was, compelled to be held, wheneverdl.arase to myofvetsand 
ere we started, cight , ebrews);.came y forward land” taid,; Soun damilliys pare 
perishing with. cold, and hunger, and, we sh jlliall speri-hy af we-conliiue as we 


are. If we.go.b: wk, we shall surely, beicth, iy: atid }wwhat)can {beidiine, ne 


know, not,,,.; Let us.call the holy rewelatony oi a tipierstin directed; hy God 
through, himils siga-vedT | syliies ad of bodaus hall tiviy bavolew bas 
, Dhea Cornelins.was  piautght inthein, sider ed there ho iknelt in-husable 
prayer, cand; .asked,;-God{+tenidirect his! childrenjevien to; the end, Dhow de 
bowed, bis head to. catea ananswer fro! dternal distance: for the: poor! heart 
broken. Hebrew. fle knew, dyniust die,.else the heathen idoldtors wuld de> 
Btroy, ewery, Jew aso well, aso the, dlebrews./He did knowahatdf I evald 
breathe, until weicoul | reachy Jerusalwi! :thatthereswould: besa gteat slaughs 


ter, but,them there would-be ashandtul , of, Goil’s «Children felt, both, ameng 


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earth could change ;, until God could, breathe upon, his children. holy, inspira- 
tion. fresh, from; bis.own, inner life, then he would be acknowledged, Father 
and Creator of.all.;,,Here; sat the aged man, for.a. time, breathless ;,we. all 
waited liis,answer.;, at Jast.,.he. raised, ,his head and a holy, calin rested upon 

every feature,’} He jbreathed one, word—+that was, go. 1 then, sought: to 
get an answer.'!, L/earnestly asked. God 'to,reveal towejwhat wis, best todo. 
Here I, felt;myself folded in, the bosom, of, my ;controller, | and.;an answer 
came, hasten onward toward, Jerusalem, 5, you, must lireach there the four- 
teenth day, else/ it (will) be too late and; your. worksi-will not be held for com- 
ing | ages,else| the spirit,will free itself from; thispfrail, body, and God. will 
be robbed, of; His! Glory, arid:the-earth{will roll on! indarkness and heathen 
bigots ; will, damn, humamity,until-anothen human, sacrifice ‘is, broug!t. for- 
ward and Jaid:upon, the altar;/declaring one God.anddneé God. only.” Here 
Cornelius answered, “let as got”), ‘Then, myiéontroller/ answered, ‘hasten 
O-haste -erevit sis too late; ‘many willdie-erelyou- reach there, bat let:the 
dead .bury, the “dead ;:let) us. work for the living: that all coming ages may 
know whollwds theiri Creator andstheir,God.”), “Ameny: amen,” they allian- 
swered,:‘‘let as hasten forward.” Now: thé) sun’ rose) filling us with warmth ; 
weallsat dawn and até aipiece of bread, and it, was’all we had, butiere we 
started; band ; after iband -.came: to. us| from! Canasand, the eountr kb round, 
abouliliow asiherid ni Wawb o: TP svi?’ hedte T sist OO mesh a4? Bay 
noThat:day Mary-wasstrong, ee to.walk:somerwith the help of ‘Thomas 
aid Peters:;Seth' vand. Mark! assisted Tazarusy! while Bartholomew {folded 
me’ to lis) boson andl boreime; along/until he would g tiweary, then be would 
set me: down ‘abd! Liwould, walk between: hiny and John keaning, upeni both. 
Inithat way we:reached.. Nazareth ere! the» sun went:down, but we did-not 
enter the’ villagelest harm should, befall ithe: people, but Jrsenttothem for 
barley, for meal, and: fir bread. | e¢re:the inhabitants of Nazareth came out 
-to:meet us, and:many-followed us even toi Jerusalem, I began: to. feel Je- 
rusalém! would .elose liergaes: upon me, but-biheard a’ gentle voice say, “no 
brother, no, but: you will éentenithere, but Jerusalem; oh J -rusa'em, thou wilt 
fall to rise no mote:?i« Ilere wé were all'wedaryund the chills of night swept 
oerius i“hibly“ clad ds: Lowas, I felt: Lazardss necessity: was greater than 
my own, and my cloak: I) bude: them to»wrap aliout the frail! but humble ser- 
vant of God. <I saidi'to Bartholomew, :tannot we bhave a fire kindled 
against (hat shelving rock ?”):\Heanswered, ‘I! will see-what can be done.” 
Soon a bright firdimasiblazing and we gathered around:and gathered. warmth 
and strenuth. Here’Mary: and! Martha ‘lay down togethersand they ‘both 
fell asleep, ands(Bartholomew covered them over with the game}s lide. oT 
lay down ‘beside ‘Lazarus, his shands were clasped in prayer. and L- heard 
him say, ‘Lely eternal lizhe will cover hito'’dr withoitsrays even while 
he is’ lying updn: the crossy/but [must gocoutiin confusion, and may God’s 
holy angels assist meand hear me: onward; away: from the feartul destiny of 


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my beloved friends.”° Here lie ceased to breathe, | Tarose and knelt beside 
him. and T’saw he was entrancéd’s here he! reached’ out his hand an said, 
“dear brother, Tam‘ beside you 3° know ‘you are filled with fear, and I have 
come to give you courage 3! the death agony carinot endure forever; but God 
changes not.” Here’ she clasped my hand in thit of the f-eble man and 
said, “I know dear’ brother you will suffer, and Mary ‘will die’; Martha too 
will die a fearful death by the abute of the! confessors, and this body Tam 
breathing throagh will ‘find rést’ on’ the eleventh day from ‘the! time you be- 
gan your last work.’ (T ‘shall assist (them all Peany but’T shall give all the 
influence I can, command td you, that Iinay beara part of that death which 
has been’ brought about! by my - father’s controlling and declaring the ever 
presence of a living :God:" ‘Holy, | eternal: distance'is your) ome ; there 
your family will all'be brought ‘to you. “DP shall be there, and if it please 
God we will:come back for Mary and Martha when their spirits are freed 
from their earthy forms 5: then your home will be!blest’ by hearts that beat 
one for the other.”') Then I ‘said, “IT long to go even: now.” 0 “No, no, dear 
brother, -you will: abide God’s:tinie’s then’ all) is welljoi J shall not leave 
you again until we meet in the life beyond, and’then something says. tome 


you will come back and labor still forothe human family when they are pres. 


pared for‘you to come back, and fiuish upowhat has been begun by your lite 
and your death.” Here I asked, “have I to dwell in brighter worldsibeés 
yond, alone ?”). Her answer was, “brother, God: is! there and his children 
are there ;: my father will be there, and I shall-be there: when earth is ready: 
to'say, *God is. Father of ‘all’ Then the holy angels will blend their lives 
with humanity, ‘and: God’s acknowledged - presence will fil all earth with 
eternal light, lit from ‘the inner life: of all) things, and that is the tfinite 
spark that is eternal‘and forever ; then we will giveit a name:that sbalk be 
the fullness thereo®, eernalanl forever2? “There Ufell'acteep aml a holy vie! 
Sion pa sed over m2. IT beheld-a. little home ; as Dentered there, everything) 
bespoke happiness’; the inmates were all covered: with light, and) Il heard 
the voices ot children singing a little song dedicated to the dew drop. 1 said, 
“how is it they are:chanting to the déw drop 2” An/ angelanswered, “dew 
drops from the fountain and thatfountain ‘is ‘eternal love.” | Ithen went, a 
little way ‘from that home 5 there, I saw ‘a beautiful/stream, it went dashing 
down the hill sideratid every pebble. seemed to vive!back the réfleetion of. 
dianiond.! ‘Here: [stooped down and dipped my band in the water |\of (life 5 
here fealled for the angel and he stood betore me.” (T-said, “is this beauti- 
ful stream ‘formed of dewdrops:?” » Then he sanswered. “ehild. of: earth, go 
back, gather your dewdrops earthy, bring them: here, then: your fountain 
will never'run dry? oT then:stooprd down again, ‘andoas'I dipped my. hand 
into the pure stream'T said, *O that Teould bathé in sthis streain fonever.” 
“Holy child of: God,” he'said, “you know ‘not what:you: ask, yourwould be- 
come weary, weary: of that, beautiful’ siream, and you would ask forother 


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streams |‘ beyond,” oD‘ said) ‘inoreply, “I am weary, so. weary, cannot T lie 
down «nd rest meveven now ?”) He answered, “I will fold you iin my bosom 
until you feel there are holier conditions and you ask: for: their sphere, but, 
dear brother, you must go back); even» now your mother is asking for you ; 
her head is aching and she is calling:for her boy to soothe enoddeant 
awered, “I will go to my mother; farewell)” 1 saidy “can’t you go with me ?” 
“No,” he answered, “I will await:yourconing.”. Ina moment, L was trying 
to breathe into my own body, buat it had become so cold: and namb that 1 
could not give life:to the vitals.” ‘Here: John was:aroused from his slum- 
bers ; then he hastened to where I was laying; he raised... me: in’ hisyarms 
and bore me nearer the fire, then:he rubbed my)limbs) and) ‘held »my feet to 
the warm fire. After) a ‘time: I breathed again into that chilled body, and 
my suffering was fearful; my back’ was filled with agony, and as my blood 
' began to circulate, my body was filled'with pains, from my head to my. feet. 
Dealled for Bartholomew,:and John answered, “he is:bathing your mother’s 
head.” I ‘answered, “God bless’ him | that: cares for:my' mother.” ,, Here 
Mary and Martha ‘were -brought nearome: .;I was lying on the:vround ; 
Bartholomew «spread downsthe camel's hideand said; “here is reom enough 
for Mary and Jesus ;: bring them:here:and)they may get a little rest, before 
morning dawns.” | They lay: us:both down and covered us over. ;I had no 
sooner become quiet’than I felt‘ soothing calm come over me, when, heard, 
a sweet, gentle -voice breathing. a» prayer for; Mary:and her crushed flower 
that lay beside her. I then fell:asleep and slept on.until day: dawned.,Tnen 
a‘breath was upon my browiand the voice: -said, OER your vision was 
real lite,” een I answernd. 


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wob b = CHAPTER XXII. 


(THE EIGHTH DAY ARTBR JESUS CAME, DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN, 
»As we had many leagues! tég0) we’ felt: to “hasten forward ‘as fastias pos- 
sible, but the poor females were drooping, as they could not’endure the hard- 
ships'and exposures that were heaped upon them. 'Many ‘had’ been reared 
in luxury ; ‘they were the ‘first to drop beneath their burden, and the ‘chil- 
dren were dying everywhere. Simon -came to’! me/and' said) “holy ‘brother, 
come with me, my angel'sisteris dying.” I'said, “assist me'to her”: Mark 
assisted me, and they bore me to, where she was lying on the green sod, and 
Dknelt beside her;'a poor; crushed thing, seeking to draw light from eternal 
light, to light her through the dark passage.’ ‘I raised’ my ‘hand, :and/said; 


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‘Holy crestor; God, she ,is;Thine, all _Thinen own, .réceive) her, into Thy, 


bosum, ¢ven now.) Here she, opened: her eYes:and, looked around;, there 
she saw Simon. || She reached out her diand toward himy and with jan,angel’s 
voice ‘slie suid,dearibrother.”, »She:then : closed oher,eyes, and eased, to 
breathe foreversocThen theofathers came «forward and; saidy “weleoie,,O 


welcome, angelsoGodigave'me earthy, but Ingive:them back to their mother ie 


and their Gd?) “Amen,” I'saids“now: bear me, baek ito, tayamorher,,’ ‘Her 
feet were:swollen so:fullothatishe¢ould! hardly, bear her weight upon: thems 
Martha was<soothing sis id as; be had ceHen me} dead iwhen John raised 
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Our number ‘had ia allah to a i A btindedd and eightealtho’» many. | died 
duit, yetthrough all the country:they had héardthe decreé of the-Priests that 
all heretics shalldie; and: in) this: manner they were all/askingewhere stall we; 
go, and when they ‘heard: I, had comerfrom ‘the »mountaim they: flocked toward 
Tyréjand'we met them:all:the way /om our! journey.” Eveni before wé could 


get started a fresh bund. came in; ithey. brought) intelligence: conecriingsal: 


band of ‘anointed Prieststhat were coming in the direction toward wherethé 
Hebrews were, but in a'short:time they came insight} butowe:saw they: were. 
not armed with bartlexaxes: When ithey had made! careful dbServations of 
the miserable condition weowere inj ‘they! !west away, but béfere: moon | ithat: 
day, they:came down uponius with four hundred; as neariasiwe could judges 
Bartholomew ‘took! the:command)of the men, .while:the opoor obelpless «:crea+ 
tures huddled arowndi me.:o The fight commencéd near! the brook’ called ‘Shit 
leak, south of: Nazareth... Thesheathen band) came)uponmso with \thtir: bat- 
tle axes raised above their heads. They being allim froiitjatigave usia bet= 
ter chance for defence. As they were coming down the hill, Bartholomew 
shouied to them, and said, “come on ye hell’s damned, and God will damn 


you also. Hell cannot hold you, but God’s children will behead you.” Then 


the battle commenced on the line where the Ilebrews had stationed them- 
selves. It must have lasted at least:halfianyhour. I was crouched down 
beside Lazarus and Mary, when I heard a shout go up that echoed from 
hill to hil. Then I knew,the Hebrews had’ driven the heathen. I was 
- borne forward ; ‘thére' thé ground was covered with their ‘dead,’ and the‘ re-. 
mainder fled across the country. John, Bartholomew and eight more “were 
nearly, out of sight,following,jand when, one, fell thatwas maimed they,would 
finish him... When, Bartholomew,found that he,could, not overtake them,|hé: 
hurled his. battle ‘axe,in' their midst, severing the head. of one and falling, an} 
other to the,earth.,, He then picked up,a battle,axe and,.severed ;the head) 
from the body of; him. that,had fallen. ...L,feli down, being, faint for food, and, 
the sight of so;muchjblood caused me.to, fall, back entirely helpless.|)/All the: 
remainder, of that day was, passed,in burying the dead and ‘moving to & clean: 
spot of earth forthe night... I said to. Stephen, “hows, ‘many; iof,our people 


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then: they/ fied; but‘Bartholomew killed a;number who haveinot beem brought 
in. | Tad iyou have s¢encthe| Hebrews! in the: fight’ you, would, liavé said ithe 
power of; Gad rested upon them,” j,J sanswered, | Bartholomew» sas; con> 
troled,by?iLeiah, and: John was) eon troledyby: his, daughter, »Losaw them». al+ 
thongls I) had, crouched down byi(Mary?’))| Stephen continued, Sethvis:one 
of the ‘fallen; andj Silas} the:brdther, of, Barnabas, two’ from thesborder count 


try,)and:two from Herod's Court: ): The’ two thatcare;\breathing, they must 


die before night \closesiny One has his’ skull cleft and theother hasiathriist 
of vtvijay elin, through; his:-badk.’, Will youbear! me to them, that)I!imay ask 
God .to-sootheihem as:they are taking theirmhomeward flight?” As they/had 
beén flain gupon jthe green |sod )Imapproached them,) There 1 saw: Silas’s 
mother-and Seth’s brother Simon, andPeter’s brother kneeling beside themiok 
said tothe spirits, hold: them gently; |theycane mavtyr’s:to.sthesliving God? 


Then L,prayed that :God.soften their pangs by: his, holy.,electric life: , Hint 
that Vhadi{;been,' cleft «breathed:;eut dven: while» I :was! (prayitigy! the other 


breathed; until theisih wagdsdtuing! «(Lie Hebrews:were) Jain! im) one «grave 
side by, side; then they were coveredio’erowithidry: grass }ere the dirt) wag 
filled im upon them.! ‘Then-L!was controlediat least :halfi ani hour,iand: when 
the influence left med; wasistronger thamok had: been/for: a long tine. :\'Then 
I said, 'dig ia ditch; heap: imi those: filthy bodies, give them) back! to: God in 
their,earthy, element.) |i,The ;bodivs werevall buried, then:we moved: ay little 
way.off where|we,built'a fire.) There! we .gathered: around) tos catchisité — 
warmth.» With thankful hearts we knelt! im prayer forthe comfort ofa fire. 
Hunger, was fearful upon| us; yet 1 we found, some relief in osleep » Thus 


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£6 feel that itter| Starvation would’surély éome upon * “ns,” ‘unless ‘we could 
reach’ some settlement where’ théy would’: befriend "us." Paid to- Coriiéliug, 
éhow would it’be for ug té "bear a little ‘vouth’ in! ‘ordér than ‘we? ¢ah ‘réach 
Jauriz; it being a small’ town and its iniabitants ‘are Hebrews?” ‘Cornelius 
bowed Shis*headand! ‘said; ¢Dwilloask God's ehila” | Then he ‘answerda: 
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dead mother.” “Give it me,” sail’Mary; “I will warm itin'my bosom; but 
wlio takes care of my dear balie:that was born ‘in Tyre?” “God ‘cares for 
that child,” I said, “but this is'in the hands! of humanity.’ I said, “hold it, 
dear mother, its breath will bliss you, but it’will soon’ die.”” 1 saw Mary’s 
| eyes till with tears as she’siid, “may God give you to yourmother, litile bud; 
thou wilt bloom in a brighter world than this.” “As I looked‘upon! the :olild 
I-saw it was dying. Mary. held it. until it breathed out its ‘little life; then 
she: handed it'to Stephen and pirical it away be-ide’the mother and: God 
will care for them) both ‘together. « The: day was cloudy and the chiily 
winds*tilled us’ with ‘horror, knowing we had no home awaiting ‘our coming; 
no warm fire to ble-s us; no barley bread to comfort usc “Our garmerit~ illy 
fitied our condition, but if I shouldattempt to discribe that (day’s suffering 
none could give me credit, inthis age. for inseribing’ tru'h as) it was! bere: 
Lazarus” breath came thick and‘a‘cold «moisture sett d upon ‘his “brow, but 
he comp!ained' not, as'they bore him along on‘a hide. but as’ the: ‘cold, damp 
| night setiled:aroun! him heexclaimed, “I'am a burden to ‘them alle: ‘Take; 
‘) take me to thyself, O my»God.” Then he asked: for Martha and ‘said, “stay 
beside me, I cannot breathe much longer. ‘Stay beside: me, because'y ou give 
me comfort.”) Mariha saw he was finishing up‘his:earth labor; even th: nohe 
said, “hold: God ‘before you in! all youdo 5. deny not’ your’ Creator ;' ‘honor 
~ Him that’ has held you from death, that humanity may beliold Hin) through 
His wondrous formation” Then: ‘he lay back’ with) one hand clasped in 
Mariha’s and the other in mine. — He said, “farewellj ‘dear’ friends, I>shall 
love you in a brighter world beyond. © [shail surely méet'you there ere many 
days sba l have passed away. Say:to dear Mary, her friends awaither: com- 
ing where fiends cannot d: stroy ‘her family by their wicked! devices; | where 
holy light will fill each heart.” He then closed his own eyes and breathed 
out his spirit into the broad expanse of ideality. Martha held him in her 
embrace until I lay my hand in hers and said, “come, dear Martha, go to 
' Mary, she is filled with fever.” Her answer was, “holy God hold us yet a 
lite longer, until the knowledge of Thee can be established among thy 
children.” I then lay him on the green'sward where he had been dying for 
two hours; during all that time he could look upon us and ask God to bless 
us over and over again. When I had;straightened his limbs then I covered 
him over with my cloak and left him until day dawned. As I reached Mary 
I saw she must be made comfortable, else'they..would leave her,behind.,y I 
said to Martha, “let. us bathe her.all.over with, cold water, then, we will cover 
her over, and if she falls asleep then’ her fever will, leave her.”, . Martha said, 
“I will care for her; and, you:come and, lie;down where, the fire, has. gone, out 
and you will get warmth and strength,” . Juhn folded) me in his: arms, I. fell 
asleep, and slept.until day dawned. Mary, ealled, for me.and.: Ii made an,at- 
tempt.to.rise to my.feet. but I:could not stand, then. .L. a. tai her...;.,The 
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CHAPTER XXIV. 


THE ELEVENTH DAY. 


As the day dawned upon us, we prepared to bury Lazarus and eight more 
that had died that night. They were all brought and lain ina row, then 
Cornelius breathed a funeral anthem, and I knelt in holy prayer, and I 
poured out my soul’s electric life on the altar of the living, not the dead. 
Here I cea-ed to brea:he, I fell forward and my head rested upon Lazarus’ 
coli! bosom’; the cold’ breast gave me a shock and I caught my breath, then 
Bartholomew took me in his arms, bore me away and lay me down beside 
Mary. Here Mary’s breath came deep, and I saw ‘Gou’s child breathing 
into her body. She Jay her hand on my back and said, “dear. brother you 
are chilled through and through, and if you are not cared for you will die 
before you reach Jerusalem” I answered, “four days are a'otted us and if 
we make two leagues each day we shall reach there in time to find rest ere 
the morning dawns on the day followiug. Here I must insert a line. The 
poor dying children were brought to me,’day by day, in order that I should 
lay my hand upon thrm and bless them even while they breathed. There 
were hundreds of poor beggars, that had been gathered in; they were starv- 
ing to death and they crept along like poor bruised things that hardly knew 
or cared whither they were going. Among ‘the rest there was a family of 
Hindoos; ‘they had fared with the rest of the beggars. He came to me 
even a3 I was laying there and said, “bless this child; we are all dying and 
we must feast upon tlie child in order to live.” 1 said, “I will bless your 
child in the name of its Creator, God, but you shall not destroy the child ; 
if you do, God will destroy you ere you reach Jerusalem.” He turned away 
and said, “God feeds His children that He loves, but He has cast off the beg- 
gars and He feeds them not.” He had hardly said that, when I heard a shout 
go up from the multitude, and they said, “a bullock has been brought us by a 
herdsman and we shall have something to eat.” Then I called the Hindoo 
back and said, “behold God has not forgotten His children even in their hour 
or need. He has given them meat without destroying the child to satisfy 
the hungry.” TI still lay there until the bullock was dressed then they 
handed it around, cut in small pieces. The fire was kindled and my piece 
broiled, while Mary iaid hers away beneath a stone. I tasted mine as it 
was handed to me, then my hand droped to my side and a gentle voice said, 
“drink, brother, drink else the meat willfdistress you.” S:ephen handed me 
a cup of water and I drank it all, and again she said, “now eat, dear brother, 
it will do you good.” ‘Then I gave Mary one-half of it, and ate the rest. 
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above my head, cu asked God’s angel children to electrify the water, that 
I could find relief. As I tasted it, the heat left my head, but it was bitter as 
wormwood. I drank it all, and became much stronger. I said, “make haste, 
the day is wearing away, and we must reach the encampment of a land of 
beggars in the country, near Sebatse, bearing a little southward; there we 
can warm our chilled limbs and rest, but. nothing to eat.” Martha said, 
“where is the cloak that was lain over Lazarus?, Mary ought to have it,.as 
her shoulders are entirely bare.” Mary answered, “some, poor, beggar has 
got it, and may it do him, good,” In our hurry, to start, the camel’s hide 
was left behind, and we did not miss it until we -had gone half.a, league: 
When we stopped, my feet were bruised and bleeding,:my, head was, aching. 
Bartholomew come and said, “the camel’s hide has been borne along. by, a 

family that has a sick father, and they are expecting hourly. that he will 
die.” “Let him die in peace,” I said, “if it be God’s will., I can no. more 
than aie for humanity; he can no more than die for humanity.” ‘Martha 
said, “how I wish I had the cloak for Mary.” ‘John said, “I. saw,,a,beggar 
have it on, and he did not look as: if he could carry it much fariher.” 
“Leave it as it is,” I said; “God's child will not let Mary die until I breathe 
out my life, which will be the third day after, to-day.”.. ... Mary, arose, to-her 
feet, and she could walk, without being led. I also, arose to my feet, and 
walked along beside Mary, and we conversed about, the, change | that had 
come o’er us, and particularly about, our family being destroyed. | This, .was 
the first time I had conversed on that subject... The, day wore away, with 
but a little change, except here and there a death. -All-seemed to gain new 
courage as they were drawing near their journey’s end, they hoped. We 
grasp at a feeble ray of light when we are in darkness. We, reached ; the 
encampment ; they bade us welcome, it was all they could do. .After;.we 
had sat down, Bartholomew came to me and said, “I am distressed ;, the 
people are dying with. hunger, and they that live to reach Jerusalem. will 
reach there to die.” Here I lay my head down upon my mother’s; bosom, 
and. breathed a prayer to Almighty God, for his poor, perishing children, 
There I sat all that night, with my arms around my mother,,and. she folded 
me to her bosom. ‘There her head droped upon mine, and we slept together. 
Martha came to us, ere morning dawned. , She knelt behind us and folded 
her arms around us, _ I heard her say, “here is all I have on earth to, care 
for, and may God hold them, that coming ages may learn that, the, humble 
in spirit alone can glorify the Father.” Then she sat. down: beside us, and 
her warm bosom blessed us. We sat there until the multitude began to stir, 
then Mary awoke and said, “the day is fine ; we can make our, journey easier 
than heretofore.” I, with the rest, suffered fearfully with;hunger.... I said to. 
Martha, “if I had a little bread, or a bit of meat, it would, make , me | more 
comfortable.” She said, “I have Mary’ s piece of meat, that she forgot... un 
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knew you had it,” said Mary. “God’s child told me she had kept it, as it 
was the last morsel of food we should eat on earth together. I will taste of 
it; and so will you, Martha, but Jesus must eat the rest, as he will never eat 
again in'mortal form; but you and’ I shall eat again, dear sister.” “Buta 
little while,” I said, “you will'need barley bread, but may God’s bread ever 
be your stay, here and hereafter.” I took the meat and held it before me, 
and said, “whoever eateth meat for God’s glory, eateth eternal life; but he 
that eateth meat, in order to crush his children, eateth damnation to his own 
soul.” I ate the meat, and it gave strength to my whole body. I then 
made my way to the poor, dying children. I lay my hands upon them, and 
their fever would depart.’ They all come toward me, with their children, 
and there was one hundred and twenty. I stepped upon a bank and J said, 
“bring all of your children; God will baptise them with his holy spirit, for 
His own.” Then I said, “suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them: not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Hold, O hold, these little 
buds, that they may bloom in the bosom of their father, God.” Then I 
added, “may they be filled with Thy life, from eternal distance, that they 
may forget their hunger for barley bread.” Many folded their babes to 
their bosom, and said, “they are ‘thine, my God; take, O take, them as they’ 
are, all covered o’er with light; and live, O live, child of’ Joseph and Mary, 
untilithy death shall break the chains that bind earth in darkness.” 


THE FINISHING OF THE THIRTEENTH DAY. 


As the sun rose, bright and clear, we began our journey. Hunger still 
held control, and many were sitting down by the way, that could not go any 
farther, as their strength gave out, their courage could hold them no longer. 
In the middle of the forenoon a band of beggars came around me, and said, 
“feed, O teed us, else we starve.” I shouted, “if. you have no barley bread, 
God will feed you with bread that perishes‘not.» Kneel, O ye children of 
darkness, and let God give you a slice from his own loaf, then ye can cut 
and be filled.” They knelt down, then Iwas controled one hour, then they 
rose to their feet, and said, “God ‘has breathed upon us; we are refreshed.” 
Then we hastened forward again all that day. Hope seemed to brighten 
upon us as we drew near the city, feeling they would feed us, if nothing 
more. “Holy God,” shouted Leiah; “don’t deceive yourselves ; hell is there 
holding control. You will all enter there, but ere the day closes you will 
not ask for bread.” Here’ I:made reply, “the King'was once my friend, he 
cannot see me starving for bread. without tendering his ‘aid.” Leiah an- 
swered again, “ifthe King controled there would ‘be hope for you, but 
Caiphas controls the court and the Kingdom, andthe city is full of ‘priests 
from! all of Asia, and all countries where heathen idolatrous worship 
holds control. Hell’s darkest fiends are there, and you will all be stricken 


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down.” Then my hope,died within me. | Matthew stood » beside. me; he 
said, “brother, have courage still.’ I suid, “the day is wearing away, ‘but 
we will try and reach the valley; it is cal'ed the valley of fountains.» ‘There 
we shall have a plenty of fresh water, it will give us strength to enter the 
city on the following morning.” Here ‘my strength Jett me again‘and Isat 
down, faint and exhausted... My, followers gathered’ around me and said, 
“dear brother, you cannot die, because your destiny does not read that you 
will die hyre, but you will enter that city ative,and declare God’s. presence 
in the midst of hell.. Here we are all willing! to bear you along in our arms.” 
Here John said, “I would die for you, dear. brother, if I ‘could, but I will 
fold youin my bosom as long as I can breathe.” “Faithful child: of God,” 


I said, “you are my friend, and.my brother; now make your;way to Mary, 


she needs a kind friend to lead her. ‘I will have Judas and Peter assist me.” 
Here I aitempted to rise to my, feet, but Isat down ‘again, as I could) not 
stand up. I saw a bright form approaching; I reached out my hand to:her, 
and said, “come; sister, my burden is greater than I can | bear.” She» knelt 
beside me, then raised her hands in prayer, and it was like this: “Holy Creator, 
God, hold <ontrol of these, Thy children, until they can’ establi-h Thine 
ever presence among Thy own created, and that Thy glory. shall fill all -na- 
tions of the earth with gladness, declaring one God, and one God only; and 
may they re:urn, in Thy own due time, to finish | up what will be » begun by 
the death of my angel brother in laying down all he has fur Thee, O, my 
God, and humanity. Prepare, O prepare the way for Thy children to find 
re~t in Thine holy embrace forever.” Then she laid her hand in mine and 
said, “brother, God is here; let us now hasten on to the valley.” As [rose 
to my fe-t I called for Mary. I saw her a little way from me; she had 
fallen, and Martha was kneeling by her side... I called Judis and Bartholo- 
mew, and said, “go, bring Mary; bear her along in your arms, and: I can 


walk wih John’s assistance. Iam by your side, darling Mary,” I-said, “has 


God a greater agony for you or me than is heaped upon,us this day?” 9 I 
saw Leiah approaching me. , I said, “go away; have I not suffered. enough, 
already, by yielding to your influence, and being dragged along until my 
family are all lain low, for what? Bacause I sought to bless: humanity and 
give God the glory... If I could flee you I could have a chance to flee death, 
even now.” I then said to John, “hold me» from him, else he will surely 
drag me to the cross.” Here I) left my brother John for’a moment, and: 
said, “here I am, my God; hold me from doubting your mercies in all 
things.” I then said, “I am in God’s hands; do with me as» Thou © will.” 
Then again Leiah approached me. I. said, ‘tyou have lead me. through 
dea h’s dark chambers in order that humanity should acknowledge one’ God, 
and one God only. . Here,” I continued, “bear me on, evén to the cross. I) 
will lay down my life there, that God shall be held a holy, acknowledged, 
ever present Creator, and Father of all. Come Leiah,” I said, “let’ us finish 


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up all that can be done in the present ag-.” .' Then he folded me in his bo- 
som, and I forgot all that had caused me to shrink fromfiim. | Here, 1 must 
add, this was the first time 1 had ever shrunk from my contro'er, even when 


the greatest hardships and dangers were before me. Thad ever welc med 


his embrace. ,. Juhn led me forward, while they bore Mary beside me, and: 
when. they stepped to rest I would kneel beside her, asking Goil to assist us. 
Thus we continued until. we all became exhausted and we were compelled to 
sit down, witiiout any hope of reaching the valley... After we had iested 
for a time, I said, “let us now reach the valley; the cold wind will not reach 
us there so bitterly, and the water will bless us’. Them we staited again, 
the sun being about-au hour from its sitting, and still Mary had to be carried, 
and many more. Who could gaze upon that multitude of dyiug mortals, 
starving to death, and many that had bern reared in luxury, now dy-ng tor 
a piece of bread. How could any one but feel that God had veilet his face. 
from his owu faithful children that had held themselves in a condition to be 
east out by the heathens, because they would not deny th. ir Fatier, God. 
Here they were huddled together, nothing but death pefore them, let them 
look which way they would: Here Martha come and said, “Mary’s fevt are. 
so swollen she cannot step upon them.” I said, “they will bear’ her-tto the 
fountain below, there they can be bathed, aud she will be freed from ‘her ina- 
bility to walk ere morning dawns upon us again.” Then Mary said, “Jesus, 
come near. God's child is breathing upom me, and she: says ‘you will live 
to finish up all that can be done in this age, and when humanity demands 
another human sacrifice you will come back again and lay the foundation for 
all coming time; then God will be acknowledged as the Infinite Creator and 
the life of all 1 fe, and the source of all light. Then His ch ldren can say, 
Thou art my facher, and my God. without fear of the batile axe, javilin or 
spear. Then the life beyond will cheer the weary, careworn, and the de- 
pressed, because the veil. will be rent between the two spheres and tiie an- 
gels will ascend and descend, bearing messagrs of love to all the inhabitants 
of earth. Then they will say those gifts are from our Creator, and Ee shall 
have the glory, but. you, dear Jesus, must be hung upon tie cross, and I 
shall be beheaded, not in the hour you are hung upon the cross, but I must 
live yet a little longer, that the law may be fulfilled” ” Then I said, “let us 
hasten, O has:en, even to the cross, it I can find rest even there” Here I 
saw my angel sister; as she drew near I saw deep agony depicted on every 
feature. Then she said, “bring the disciples together; all have been faith- 
ful, even those that have been cut off, still cling to you in spirit. Call them, 
I will control Simon, as I have something to say.” _ 

As we had now reached the vall-y, she said, “sit you down on the earth ; 
it belongs to God, and let Him direct you.” When they had all come to- 
gether. she folded her arms about Simon, and breathed her lif+ into his ‘body. 
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let us not accuse God of doing wrong, because, when humanity demands, her 


demands must be satisfied, and he that lays down his life for humanity, shall 


surely find it again; but he that defrauds humanity of her demand, shall 
lay himself accountable for all the misery they have caused, by withholding 
from. God’s children their full demand, in order that the human family ‘may 
be held from the dark devices of hell, and its’ damning hypocrisy and deceit, 
idolatrous ‘worship, priests and confessors, no matter’ under what guise they 
come, they’ will be detected by their breath of pollution, as they will ever 
seek to destroy God’s choicest gifts to earth; His own beautiful daughters. 
The future will reveal what I am saying, but the present cannot comprehend 
it. God’s mighty changes will be wrought for humanity, until my expres- 
sions are understood by all that are willing to understand God’s ways of re- 
vealing himself to His children.” ‘Here she breathed out of Simon, and then 
I said, “come near, my dear friend, and ‘answer me a question. Is my 
death to be one of great agony ?” The answer was, “I would die for yous 
dear brother, if I could, but'my father will control you after you are hung 
upon the cross, and I will give you all the life I have, in order to relieve 
you of all the suffering we can.. What my father may say through you, ‘re- 
member, you are not accountable for. I am: aware he will dedounce priest- 
craft in ‘all of its: bearings upon the chaining and binding human souls, and 
damning earth flowers, that but bloom earthy for a higher and a holier con- 
dition.. Then, dear brother, thy earth mission will be ended forever, when 
those principles are fully understood and established among God's highest, 
holiest creations, His own children.” As she ceased speaking, she lay her 
hand in mine. I saw, what I never saw before or since, clear electric drops, 
like tear drops, rolled down her cheeks, and they dropped upon my forehead 
and my hand. I said, “dear sister, God is here.” » She answered, “brother, 
God is here. Let us not murmur against His will, but let us say, ‘thy: will 
not mine, be done,’ then we can bear the crosses that ns be aioe mag 
us and say, ‘peace, be still.’ ” 

That night. I lay down beside Mary and Martha, with no covering but 
the cloak that had been brought back that day, as the beggar was: dead. 


CHAPTER XXYV. 
THE LAST DAY ERE JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM. 


Morning did dawn. )» I was ‘calm, knowing full well I had nearly reached 
my journey’s end. Hunger held control, (1 liad not tasted one morsel of 


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food now for two.days. I knew the rest-had nothing, therefore I asked not 
for bread, My good, brother Bartholomew writhed in agony; it was, fear- 
ful to, see so strong a man starving for bread. John came and. said, “holy 
brother, the day is wearing away.. Had we,better enter. the city?” » I an- 
swered, “God's, command is upon,me. | Let us hasten there, even now. 


They are. preparing the cross, and ,L will hasten .even there, to find: rest.” 


Then I rose to my feet, and a holy calm, came.over, me. I said, “who will 
lead me?” John answered, “I will lead the brother to where the ass is 
tied, that the good brother Bartholomew has brought.from his father’s barn.” 

“Bring me may, mother,” I said, “that I may fold her in my bosom for the 
last time on earth.”, Mary was, brought to me, and I folded her to my 
bosom. At first, bitter tears of anguish flowed from my inmost being... My 
mother fold d her arms around me, and naught but deep groans came wel- 
ling up from her inmost soul. . I held her. there until, my heart ceased to 
beat, and.I tell. to the, earth, and Mary fell beside me... Here Mary made an 
expression like this:  “ Holy God, give me back my boy, and I will endure 
all things for Thee and Thine, O, give him back: to me, it-ig all I will ask 
of Thee, Thou God of immensity,” Peter came and said, “dear brother, the 
ass is waiting, we are all ready to go.. Come, let us not delay.” I answered, 
“lead, O lead me, that I may find rest.” J then arose to my feet, and said, 
wal am ready.” ‘Then the ass was led forward; they, assisted me. upon. his 
back. As we rode forward, I began. to, frel that. I grew, stronger by the 
warmth of the animal. After we began our journey for the last; time, ere 
we reached the great gate, the poor, famished creatures cried out, “ Hail 
Jesus of Nazareth,” and soon the beggars shouted, “Hail King of the Jews.” 

I said, “they will enrage the priesthood ; bid them be silent.” But, they 
shouted still, “ Hail Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, he will surely 
give us bread, for the inhabitants. of Jerusalem wi! not deny him.” I felt 
my life nearly go, out of me, ere I could make my followers hold their peace. 
Then I said, “let us ask God: to direct.us, and. we will bold our peace.” . As 
I rode on, Mary and Martha kept beside me. I could oft times speak to 
them and encourage them as much as I could. As we, drew near the city, 
I saw the gaies. were swung back, and the, inhabitants were all, within doors. 
I remarked to Mark, “they had. left the gates open for the poor, fami-hing 
crea‘ures, but their homes are closed.” I made my way.to the great square, 
and the poor, dying creatures followed, and sat. down on, the ground. . Filled 
with hope, I said, ‘let us go in front of Pontius Pilate’s house, perhaps he 
may come to. me there.” Here many had begun to. till the streets, and ere I 
could reach the court, the king’s eldest daughter came forward, and -pread a 
costly, garment in,front of the. ass. .I said to, her, “take up that garment, go 
and feed the poor, starving Hebrews, and God will, bless you.” | Here she 
took. up the garment, then she reached her hand to. me, and said, “dear 
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Caiphas is going to have you crucified.” I answered, “if | you would save 
me, go to the king, your father, and ask him what I have done to deserve 
death.” She answered, he cannot save you, because Caiphas has already 
sealed your death in the council chamber.” I said, “go to your father, say 
to him, if he will'release me from death, I will live but as his servant here- 
after” She ‘answered, “I will go and beg with my life at the king’s feet.” 
Here Caiphas caught her by the arm, and said, “come, beauty, this is no / 
place for you. | If you remain here, you will become contaminated with 
heresy.” She said, “release Je-us from death, Caiphas, and I will bless 
you.” That was the last I heard her speak, but as he hurried her away, she 
gave me one look so full of fear and ght I could not forg-t ‘it even . when 
I hung upon the cross. i 

I then called for the chamberlain of the king’s house, but.no answer was 
given ine. John said, “let us go to the inhabitant-, and ask for bread.” Ere 
{ could answer, the chief magistrate came forward. He reached his hand to 
me, and said, “come, you are the felon I have been looking for.” I lay my 
hand in his, and answered, “I am a subject of the law, and if I have violated 
the law, I alone am accountable; but feed, O feed the poor, starving 
Hebrews, and I will enter the council’ chamber, to receive my sentence.” 
“Get off,” said the magistrate, “I have no time to waste on beggars.” “I. 
cannot stand upon my feet,” I -aid, “it you will assist me, I will make no re- 
sistance.” He then assisted me down from the as, but my feet gave away 
beneath that emaciated body ; but he raised me up, putting one arm around 
my waist, and bore me along; until we reached the great entrance, leading 
into the council chamber. _ My mother led me by the hand, but when we 
reached the entrance, the magistrate said, “you cannot enter Wide this is no 
place for females.” I louked at my mother; she burst into tears, and said, 
“leave me with my boy, but one moment, and I will bless you forever.” 
The magistrate said to a confessor, “take her away among the Hebrews, and 
don’t Jet me hear anything more from her.” ‘He then bore me up a long 
flight of wooden steps, leading to the great hall. Here I beheld the hall 
filled with priests and confessors, but’in their centre here sat Pontius Pilate» 
on a seat a little elevated above the others, and there, a’ little below, sat 
Jost phus, and four other Jews from the synagogue, with their accusations’ 
against me, and besid+ them sat Caiphas, and ‘his accomplices.’ I was set’ 
away by myself, all but the magistrate; he sat beside me. - 

Josephus arose to his feet, and unrollid a piece of parchment, and began 
like this: “Jesus of Nazareth is condemnid to die upon the cross, because 
of his deceiving the people, causing them to believe he had a' power at’his” 
command, by which he could heal the sick, cast out devils, ‘raise the dead, 
and cause the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the lame to walk: | Hé also” 
sto!e corn on the Jewish sabbath, to fed the beggars that followed him from 
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and harlots. He also denounced the Jewish creed, and declared heathen 
idolatrous worshippers were damned by the’ priests and conf-s-ors, and that 
he bowed not to the idols, nor acknowl+dged the traditions of the Jews ; and 
afier all of his unholy acts, he has declared himself the king of the Jews, and 
the council have decided that he deserves death, and he is to be hung upon 
the cross, and there hang until he is dead.” He then sat down, and Ca'phas 
arose, and said, “heresy is destroying the coritrol of the priesthood, and the 
-confessors, in many instances, are compe!led to labor for’ bread.” He also 
brought accusation against me, for telling him to his face, he was a brute 
and « debauchee; also for casting in-inuations against him among the king’s 
children. ‘He then sat down, and’ Pontius Pilate said, “ among all of your 
accusations, I find nothing worthy of putting him to death. Leave him with 
me for a time; let me'ques'ion him alone. Then they all went out. Then 
the kiug commenced like this: “Have you been causing a disturbance in 
the Jewish synagogue?” TI answered, “not of my will have I caused dis- 
turbance, but I was borne in their midst in a deep sleep. What was suid, I 
know not; but when I awoke, I was lying in a’ humble hut of a faithful 
Hebrew fam ly.- But I must acknowledge, I was folded in the bosom of an 
angel, even as I was in your presence, at the feast.” Then he an-wered, 
“the accusations brought agsinst you arise from'the heathen confessors’ hate 
and jealousy against you, but, my friend, I fear you must die. If I attempt 
to huld you, I know full well I shall be beheaded, and my family will be 
destroyed, and my people will be held by Caiphas, and he will control but 
to de-troy.” I’answered, “I would die, \() king, for you and your children, 
but Caiphas is damning your daughter-, and they are poor, crushed flowers, 
that cannot bloom earthy, but they will bloom beyond God’s e:her blue— 
there they will bless you, my dear friend, as they cannot bless you earthy.” 
When I’ ceased to speak, looked at him, and big tears ‘rolled down his 
cheeks. I said, “I am dyivg, King, even now; I am starving tor bread 
and the poor Hebrews are dying with utter starvation. Feed, O feed them, 
even while I am hanging on the cross. Let me fee] they are not suffering 
the pangs of starvation.” . Here he gave a deep groan from his inmost life 
and said, “Iam helpless. I am a slave to Caipbas, and his accomplices.’ 
“Let them come in,” I said, “else I cannot live until they ‘nail me to the 
eross.. If I do not, God will be robbed of his glory, and humanity of her 
sacrifice.” 

Here the king gave the signal. They. all came in. As the court had 
ever allowed the felon to speak in his own defence, aud’as I looked around 
and saw they were all seated, I attempted to rise: to my feet, but I fell 
back. Then I said to the magis‘rate, “if you will assist me to my feet, 
and hold me there, Iwill have this matter brought to a close.” He as- 
sented, and raised me up. ‘Then Josephus said, ‘‘what have you to say in 
your defence?” I answered, “humanity is my judge, and I bow to her 


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decree.” J then breathed.deep, and)I knew a power was, resting upon ‘me, 
yet I cculd hear all that. was said, and; could comprehend ; its, meaning.,,; 1 
saw a band of bright angels gathering. around me and the: magistrate, as we 
stood away by ourselves. ‘Then I began like this: ‘‘Who,among you haye 
aught. to say against, the law; being held unbroken, as thereris nothing brought 
: against this man, worthy of death....Who, among. you cam, say, im, every” 
crime you have sought to bring against, him, that ye are not thrice guilty, 
nay, a hundred times;more guilty.’ But, him you, would slay.” , Here I 
breathed deep again, and I saw Jeptha. beside, me.,,,. He,,.then, brought, his 
ideas before me, and: I,gave them utterance, loud and. clear.., The first ex- 
pression was. like this :,, “Whoamong you) liye. in, the holy ordinance of the 
law. of the living God, and hold yourselves.in,a condiiion,to, make humanity 
bet er by your lives, and, cause the.boly.influence, {rom God’s angel chil- 
dren, to find a resting, place.in the human mind; that they may learn they 
belong to God, and seek,to do His will... Held by -the. will of Almighty 
God this body. is, in order that, humanity, may know, that God has held him 
from death until he can ‘be. lain on the.,altar, of the, heathen bigots, and 
prepare the way for coming ages to ask for, light.,from; beyond,, that. they 
may be lighted through the dark passage, that ti.ey, may not fall in darkness, 
and remain in darkness, until, they,,can draw. light from eternal disiance, 
which .is ‘eternal, and. forever unchangeable, because: it) is the first great 
cause.” Then Leiah drew. near. I felt his influence tolding me in his em- 
brace, and then he shouted, ‘Who. among) you are ready,to acknowledge you 
are damned. already, by your own hellish desires, but. you are not content. to 
damn yourselves, but. you would damn. all of, the.,human family, and drag 
them down to hell with you... And you, Caiphas, are a.brute and a drunken 
debauchee, and the fiends of darkness, await your coming. . Lay down your 
hate and your damning ambition, ere itis ‘too late. Let the good king feel 
you are ready, to make amends, as far as you can, for damning his daughters, 
and diseasing his concubines, which are, dying by your, brutish, fillhy body, 
and you are diseased even now, and by it.you will. die,,and all you have 
dest oyrd will rise up in judgment against| you.) And you, Josephus, would 
de-troy this poor, frail budy, for giving warning to your people, to prepare 
to defend themselves against this brute by your side,! which, instigated) the 
plot of destroying all the Hebrews in the land; that, they, could controlin, 
Antioch as well as in Jerusalem. _ Answer me, Josephu-,” Leiah shouted, 
“how many Jews did they, behead, and how many femalys did they damn in 
one night? And here you are, in league one with the’ other, against the 
humble child of Joseph and Mary, and))ou would crucify, him, tecause’ he 
souxht.to save the Jews from utter destruciion.”, Then the king arore to 
his fret, and said, ¢do with him as you will, but I flaud..no fault in him. Bat, 
lead me to wy chamber, I am filled, with'sorrow.” . Here Lanswered, the 

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reaches a condition where disease cannot fall upon him from that brute, 
Caiphas.” Here Caiphas’ hate knew no bounds, but he was compelled to 
hold his peace, until I was done! Then. I ‘addressed Josephus, and. said, 
‘your synagogue will be taken from you before two years, and your men 
will, be slaughtered, and your females will be dragged about, by these 
heathen priests and confessors, until they are’ all blasted by their filthy, dis- 
eased bodies. They will fall to rise no more on earth, but God will surely 
take his own. But if you are a man, defend the weak from these fiends of 
darkness, which are even now planning your utter destruction. Hell cannot 
hold them, but in God’s own time, He. will hold:control, and these miserable 
wretches will be lost in oblivion, and neither root or branch will remain to 
declare they ever had been.” : 
Here the influence left me, and I dropped down beside the magistrates 
Then again I said, “raise me to my feet.” There I stood, trembling all 
over, from my head to my feet, not with fear, but with utter exhaustion. I 
then bowed my head, and said, “‘now I am ready to die for God and human- 
ity.’ Then they cried out from all) parts of the ball, ‘crucify, crucify him, 
that the heretics can see their God cannot save him.” Here the magistrate 
held me up, and made our way toward the stairway. Here I became filled 
with electricity, and I walked down those stairs, as if I had been a strong 
man. ‘The confessors had stationed themseives on each side of the entrance, 
and one raised his hand to strike me, but ére I reached him, his hand fell by 
- his side, powerless. .; I:saw him in the after part’ of the day, and his arm 
hung by his side, a blasted thing. | But as I stepped upon the floor of the 
entrance, my angel friend laid her hand in mine, and, as we walked out of 
the hall together, she said, “God is with us, and hell cannot destroy my 
brother, His body will writhe in agony upon the cross, but his spirit will 
gain its freedom during that agony.” Isaid, “my dear friend, do not leave 
me again, until I breathe out of my body.” But I got no answer, but she 
bowed her head, and a bitter sigh escaped her... That was the first time I 
had ever heard:a sigh from spirit, and I hoped it would be the last. I then 
asked a bystander, where my mother was. He answered, “her cries rent 
our hearts, and the priest commanded her to be borne away, among’ the 
heretics” “My God,” I said, “can I never behold her again?” At that 
moment, I heard a scream. I burst from the magistrate. Darting forward 
feeble as I was, I gained the spot, and knelt: beside my poor, dear mother 
I said, “but look’ upon me once more, and then I am ready to die.” Her 
head was resting in Martha’s lap. I bent down, and imprinted a kiss uyon 
her forehead. She raised one hand; I held it agaiust my beating heart. 
At that moment, a confessor caught me by my ‘hair, and drew me back 
upon the ground as he said, “fool of a heretic thou art, to think you are 
going 1o evade the law.” © Then he dragged'me into the main street, and 
bound me, hands and feet. Here Isaw four confessors, bearing along a 


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cross, and they lay it‘down near by me. Then they unbound wy feet, in 
order to nail me upon that cross, in the midst of the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem. They cried out against it, and I heard one Hebrew say, “he can- 
not be nailed to the cross. here, he has not taken life, and it you will 
destroy him, carry him out of the city.” "The inhabitants saw they were 
determined to destroy me, and they advised them to beat me out of the 
city, to the Mount: of Olives, where they had) hanged, and burned, and 
stoned to death their felons, for a long time. | Then they said, “get up, 
your feet sre not tied, and you must walk cut of the city.” In an instant, 
an electric flash went over me,and I sprang to my feet, and shouted, ‘Holy 
creator God, fill all earth with Thy light. until all. of Thy creations shall 
exclaim, ‘Thou art my light, Thou art my life, Thou art my father, God, 
and these fiends in priestly garb cannot damn ‘Thy children, because of the 
light around them will cause darkness to flee, and the sweet breath of the 
angels will bless the earth flowers.” . | 

Here the confessor, tha: held the cord that bound me, shouted, “he ought 
to be nailed to the cross here, that the heretics may look upon their deceiver, 
and then swear a'legiai ce to the priesthood.” As iJ stood there I was 
felled to the ground by the handle of a battle axe in the hands of a priest. 
Then a confessor kicked me, as I lay there, and said, “damned. heretic, you 
will soon find out the priesthood are not to be insulted by a felon like you.” 
Jobn drew near und a confessor struck at him, then’ John felled him to ‘the 


ground, jump:d upon him with both feet, and exclaimed, “i 1l’s damned - 


thou art chained and bound forever.” Here the authorities stepped forward 
and demanded peace. John stepped back ito the crowd and they lo-t sight 
of him... Then the magistrate commanded them “to bear-away the cro«s to 
where it was to he set, and he would see the heretic was brought in due 
time. Four confessors came forward, raised the cross, and b re it away. »1 
was writhing in agony, as my back had been hurt when I was jeiked back 
by the hair. Tiere I was, kneeling in the street, among tlie fiends of dark- 
ness. ‘Two priests came forward, ho'ding by my hair on each side they 
dragged me through the street in that manner, and the hard earth bruised 
my back at every step. I begged them to let me rise to my feet, but they 
heeded not my feelings, nor stopped at my half smothered groans. In that 
manner they dragged me even to the outer gates of the city; those that had 
been bearing the cross sat down to rest... The priest said, “I will unbind 
him and he shall bear his own cross up the bill.” Here I:was unbound and 
commanded to get up. I made the attempt but fell back. Then again I 
was bidden to rise.. In an instant I sprung to my feet anda mighty »power 
fell upon me... Here Leiah breathed his life:into my body. He cursed them 
and made all manner of expressions to them, that they fell back. The cross 
was still laying on the ground where they hal Jeft it.» Caiphas came for- 


ward and said, “ake up that cross, heretic, and bear it to where you are to 
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die.” I did take up that cross, and it rested upon my left shoulder, and I 
bore it along halfway to where it was to be set, then I drep; ed beneath 
my burden; then I asked for water. A confessor came forward with a cup, 
and said, “here, heretic, drink. I took the cup, raised it to my lips. I saw 
it was gall and vinegar. The confessor again commanded me to drinkit. I 
dashed it intovhis face, and said, “he that drinks from thy hand’ drinks dam- 
nation to his own soul.” 

Here Bartlolomew pressed through the croud, and said, “God’s children 
eall for clear, cold water, fresh from the fountain of life? ‘Then he drew 
from benea‘h his coat a gourd of water. He held'a cup in his hand; he 
poured ii full, and I drank it. He then poured another; I drank it to the 
bottom. He poured another, when one of the magistrates darhed it from 
my hand. Isaid, “God will dash you, even as you dash that cup from me.” 
The magistrate said, “get up, it is half-past ten, and the hour for crucifixion 
was to: beat ten.” Then Iarose to my feet and my holy controller breathed 
upon me, Again I caught up the cross, sped up the hill, and held it until 
Caipbas commanded me to lay it down. Then Leiah. exclaimed, “he that 
assisis in crucifying this child ot Joseph and Mary will surely be crucified 
in spilt forever.” ‘I'then sat down; while the sweat was powiing ‘from my 
forehead; and ere I could get a deep breath Caiphas came firward and put a 
spade in my hand, and said, dig the hole’ where tle cross is to be set.” I 
answer d, “I am too weak to dig that hard earth.” My head was aching 
fearfully, and my back was in agony. Then I made an attempt to’ get up 
and my strength was:mighty again. ‘Then I said, “give me the spade and 
I wil dig as long as need be.” ‘The earth was hard alluvial soil and I could 
hardly make an impression upon it until the incrustaiion gave away, then J 
could raise my spade full of dirt, and I'soon was bade “get out of there; 
that will do.” That harsh expression caused me to feel bitterness in’ my 
heart, and how Iwas held from dashing upon Caiphas with that spade and 
striking him down, I know not, but my hand was staid and I dropped to the 
earth unable to-rise again until I asked God to assist''me to my knees. 
There I raised my hands in prayer for the last time in my earthy body. 
“Father, God, forgive, O forgive them, they know not wha' they do. Light, 
my God, to guide me through the dark valley of death. ' Hold and lead me 
until I can reach that home Thou, hast prepared for thy children, and holy 
God, care for my mother and bring her to the bosom of her family ere an- 
other year shall pass away.” I had but spoken the last word when I- was 
thrown back and four confessors caught me and laid me on the cross. Then 
an high priest stepped forward with nails in one hand and a hammer in the 
other. Five nails he drove in each hand and four in each foot. Then my 
groans could not be suppressed. I heard a bitter shriek, then I opened my 
eyes. ‘There was my mother, fallen upon that body as it lay upon the 
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dead. Then I said, “holy God, hold her in'Thy bosom until I am_ borne’ 
away.” But her breath came again and she knelt beside me. I was caused 
to feel her cup was ful] and would soon run over. Then she smoothed 
back my hair and laid one arm beneath my head for the last fime on earth: 
There she covered my forehead with kisses, and bathed my bosom with tears. 
When nearly a half hour had ‘passed away then they came forward, and 
said, “let us raise him up.” Now they did raise me up. There I hung and 
writhed in agony until my mother fell at the foot of the cross, and I knew 
by the one deep, bitter groan of despair that forced itself up from her jin- 
most life, that her heart was broken, and I did ‘know that-she had drank:the 
bitter cup to the dregs. Then for a moment I lost myself, but soon again: 
came back to consciousness; then the furies were. at: work. My followers 
were being cut to pieces with battle ,axes; | heads were strewn upon’ the 
ground. As Mary fell to the foot:of the cross, her head rested against ‘my 
feet, and I saw a priest drag her away by the hair and give her into the 
hands of two confessors, and they dragged her out of sight toward the 
dark side of the hilJ.. Three hours had passed away and I begun to feel the 
pain less and less in my hands and: feet.. My head was nearly bursting and 
my; heart! was beating fearfully, when I caught a»glimpse of Bartholomew. 
T said, ‘can you get me some water?” He answered, “Iwill -get some for 
you or die in the attempt.” . In a short time I saw himapproaching; he had 
a gourd in one hand and a cup-in the other... Then I saw the glimmer of a: 
battle axe and I saw his head roll on’ the ground... Judas caught. up the’ 
goard and cup and hastened toward me. ..As he was,about raising the cup 
to my lips, Isaw a heathen priest strike down his arm with a battle axe, and 
he then struck off, his head. Issaid to the brute, “God will dash you to 
atoms, even as you dashed that cup from me.” I was now folded in the em- 
brace of my controller at least two: hours... What he said, I know not, but 
- L have been told since that he denounced them fearfully, and the first thing 
I did know some one had dealt a fearful blow across:the chest, a little above 
the heart. . Then my agony was inexpressible: All, the blood in my 
body seemed to rush to my head and then to my, feet. I must have contin-' 
ued in that'state for at least two hours. Iheard a voice, I knew it was 
John, say, “his death is a fearful one, and God will curseall that have) as- 
sisted in this dreadful deed.” |, I.called:and, said, “John, John, come here. 
Dear brother John, do care for my mother.” He answered, “I will care for 
Mary.” Ilooked around and I saw my followers’ all laying dead around 
me. I learned afterwards that four hundred and eighteen ‘were beheaded 
that day. As my agony begun to subside, that night was closing in, Caiphas 
commanded them all to begone, even then, or the city ates should be 
closed on them, and they should not go in'unless they would )go then. |My 
head had dropped upon my bosom.,, Altho’ I could breathe no longer, yet I 
could hear, and I ‘did hear, Caiphas’ say, “we ‘will drive the inhabitants: 


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within the gates, then we will return and cave for the body.” They did re- 
turn and I heard them’ digging, and then one said, “we will splinter up the 
cross and that will be sufficient with this brush.” I knew when they come 
to take me down, but breathe 'T could not, but I did know my heart beat. 
They took the ‘spade an@ ‘chopped my’ hands from the cross, then, as I 
pitched forward, they struck off my feet also. Then they left me ‘on the 
ground until they had dug up the cross and split it in many pieces. I heard 
the faggots crackling and I knew a funeral pile'was prepared for me. They 
then came and took me by my ‘head and feet and bore me a few paces, then 
they laid me upon the blazing heap. As the flames curled up around my 
head and facé’it’ caused the blood to circulate again, and in the midst of ‘the 
flames my breath come back, and I exclaimed, “my God, my God, how 
much longer must I suffer in this body?” There my agony was fearful. It 
did seem that the heat would never penetrate the vitals and free my spirit 
from its mortal agony. But it did free itself, then I’ could understand why 
they were burning that body. They were aware that the acts that had 
been performed by an unseen power could not be crushed out of the minds 
of the inhabitants, even of that day, and they conceived of the idea of hold- 
ing the body from the knowledge of ‘all. They ‘the priesthood could easily 
make the idolatrous worshipers betieve the idols‘had come and taken me 
to themselves, and that they could still hold them in darkness subservient 
to their will. Here I also observed that after the body was nearly con- 
sumed they were very careful to heap on the dirt and tread it down to make 
it apppear like the rest of the earth) that had been worn by the many feet 
that were constantly walking about while I hung upon'the cross; and they 
knew if the cross was left it would be carried away in pieces by the He- 
brews, if none else. 

Here I am’ held by the Almighty: power of the Creator, God. I 
have come back in order to finish up that which was begun ages on 
ages ago, and-they that’ are willing to behold me as I am nothing 
but a man, will surely be blessed by these historical facts, bereft of fic- 
tion. I have drawn these facts from their true source. Humble life of a 
humble family’ that were driven: about the country because a price was 80 
often set upon my head. ‘And in order to shield'me from the battle axe, 
they would flee to the mountain.’ Here I will now leave my history in the 
hands of God’s children that ask for light, and may the light of inspiration 
give them the true.design of this work, 

Even while I hung upon the cross, a mighty rumbling was heard in the 
bowels of the earth, and about four in the after part of day, Mount Sinai did 
belch forth her' thunders, and’ the ‘smoke ‘was so’ dense’ that the top of the 
mountain’ could not’be discernéd.' Even if fire‘and smoke was thrown from 
the bosom of earth, it was not'because I’ was hanging upon the cross. ' It 
would have belclied forth even the same, if'I had not been crucified at all. 


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The natural causes were there controlled by a mightier power than could 
have bern brought about by the death of one, man: or a thousand... But 
through the designing priesthood, it has been held before the poor, deluded, 


benighted, deceived, confiding, that dare not ask light for themselves, lest — 
they +hould be called to an account by their deceivers, that do teach what | 


they do not believe ; but they withliold their, knowledge, because, they, dare 
not infringe on their isms and creeds, lest they would be set. a-ide, and then, 
from his necessities, eat the bread earned by the sw:at of his brow, and be- 
come an honest man. . Who among them all is ready to go to his toil worn 
brother, that has bent beneath his burden, and say, “brother, 1 will, use the 


spade for you to-day, go ye and rest,”. When I find a priest or a dispenser 


of creeds, no matter what the name may be, that is ‘willing, to.go to his 
brother’s destitute family, that, once fed and clothed him, and pay, “I have 
bread, come, eat with me; I haye a home, come and I will comfort you,” 
And above all, are you, any of you, ready to say, ‘I have the light, and in- 
fallible knowledge, that God’s angel children come to me, and would. bless 
me, so far as I blend my ideas wiih theirs. And they bring me.tidings of a 
brighter home beyond.” Dare any of you say, “my ro eths ones are there, 
awaiting my coming, and I long to breathe in their presence.” , Liye, O,live 
for the good of humanity, that when thou hast, ceased to be earthy, that your 
last breath may say, angels beloved, I am coming to thee, my labor is done tor 
humanity. I am going home, » And to you, O mothers, that God. has en, 
trusied with gifts divine, live in a way that you can feed those tender minds 
with the bread of life, which is life eternal. Do. not crush. the tender bud 
that your. father, God, has lain in your bosom, the ‘bosom of. its love. Let 
God unfvld its tender leaves, then the child will .be prepared to say, “Thy 
will be done,” and behold, through wondrous formations, their God is there. 

Then the soul of souls will answer, “I am here, I am_ there, I am every- 
where, tbronehaa all time, throughout all space, I am_the father of the 
human race.” Then come, my own beloved children, and gaze upon me,.as 
I am in all things [have created. Heaven diyides not its own. Then let 


heaven begin within each human breast... Then if you seek, you » will be 


sure to find, for every bruise, a healing balm that will not leave you, as, Jong 
as time rolls on, _And_ now Iwill. bow to Thee, my father and my God, 


although I bow to kiss the rod, if it be, for ai glory, and the good. of 


humanity. 


MY HUMBLE PRAYER TO MY CREATOR, GOD, FOR ASSISTING ME IN 
FINISHING ae MY EARTH ‘HISTORY. 


Holy, almighty, infinite as Thou art; es et I am, Lam, but, of Thee 

a part... Held by Thy almighty hand, humbly I bow at Thy command. 
Here I am but a speck in Thine immensity, made to feel. that I can bless 
Thy children by giving them truth, bereft of. fiction; that have been held 
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among the holy records of the ite free from spot or blemish. Althougn 


Hea, dark, benizhted children have sought to destroy all trates of the 
_ Hebrew family, yet" Thou hast held them in Thy own bosom, until changes. 


could be mi: ide for them to come back to earth, and declare God’s mercies: 


“still, and I could not rob humanity of her inheritance, that i is, God’s wonders. 


wrought through His children. Ages ago, Mount Sinai did belche forth her 
thunder, not because of Thy anger, but through the wondrous working of 
Thy elements, held by Thy almighty hand, the law that changes not, even 
from the beginning and endureth forever. O, give me light: from Thy in- 


ner light, that I may understand how be-t to live out the mea-ure of time, 
in order that Thy. glory may fill all minds, that thy children may exclaim 
_ the glory. of our father God fills us full to overflowing, and we can/ say, Tiiou, 


art ever present, and we behold Thy wonders through Thy mighty works. 
Assist thy angel children to lead and euide all ‘of Thy children “still in 


ee earthy forms to flee the cruel devices of man that has sought to’ chain. and 
~ bind them to cree fs and dogmas that fill the land, which are but. devices of 
“heathen bigois and none other. And may they all understand that it is be- 
cause I am in their churches, as an idol, Thy command has been put upon 


me to go back to the poor, benighted souls that are in darkness, and give 


‘them freedom by de:laring myself, as I am, a friend and a brother. Assist, 


O assist, then, thou source of life divine, to read and ‘be blessed.” If they 
could but know what I have suffered in order to give them facts’ in relation 
to Thee, my God, <ley would all answer, “let us search the law;. let us be 
guided by. the law, and then we shall not need another human sacrifice ; - 


that we may inquire ot the law how it is we are held accountable tor every 


act of our lives.’ When all-learn life’ is God; light is God ; love'is God; 
knowl-dge is God; and all of the ang ls bright are but'a part of Thee. 
Thou Al nighty. Creator and creative are but component parts of immensity, 
held by the law, and nothing else; and let Thy children ask of Thee, Thou 
father God, ihe inner life of all things. Then an answer sure. will come, 
“as they live, so they will receive from Thy own bounteous gifts, free from 
hypocrisy and deceit, fresh from eternal distance.” They will receive it, 
then the glory will be Thine, Creator God, all Thine own, light, eternal light 
divine. Lead and guide thy children on toa higher, holier clime, and let 
nothing come between Thee and Thy highest created that has come. forth 
from the inner life of all things, and may they learn they are of Thee, and 
they will surely go back again into the bosom of immensity, from whence 
they came; and may they learn, through the knowledge of the law, that they 


' have existed co-equal with the Almighty whole, and not one jot or tittle of 


mind or matter can be lost or created anew. All things are held by the 
law of attraction and the attraction is Thee, my God, that begets all 
things, but through blending of essences, extracted from other formations. 
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7 hrough thus blending, all sini become new, yet nothing i is taken from ; oe 


' nothing is added to, the great Almighty whole, then held as all things are, 
sustained, as all things are, let us breathe but one word, let that. be God. 


Then let all understand that nothing can be. created but, by the law, then a 


you will answer: “He is my friend and. my brother ; he is but a man.’ 
Then I should be free ; then, Holy God, Thy kingdom will be. established 
on earth, as it is in the brighter worlds beyond. _ Then annointed priests will 
lose their power to chain human souls, and man will not know that his blood 
_ has been held, as the bond’s people were, in the wicked chains. of heathen 
_ bigots’ epyteet O, my God, let thy light enter every human. mind, and 

darknes: will fade away. Then Thou wilt be acknowledged as ‘the. one 

God, anl the one God only, and Thine own inner life blending with all 
created > that has been begotten by Thee, the first great cause, eternal ‘a 
. light. ih Creator, God, bless her that has. laid down all she has earthy, © a 
that I 


_ humanit: to make condition to receive the bread of life which | is. ‘Thy ; 


y declare myself as I am, but a humble beggar, still begging of thee a 


_ knowlede. Then they will be robed in their wedding garments, crowned a 4 
all o’er vith the dew drops bright, fresh from Thy fountain of love which 


, has everflowed since creations were.. Plant. flowers earthy, my God, that 
they majbloom ina holier condition than earth ever knew. May IT bow 
low. befon Thee, my Creator, and ask humanity if they. are willing to re- 
ceive my rlessing and relieve me from earth, that I may. go back to. that 
bright lanl of light, and say to my angel loved ones there, that “my earth | 
labor is firshed, and I have come back home, and we will give God the — 
glory for al His mercies, forever and forever.” | 
Here, rader, I must bid you : farewell, hoping to meet you beyond God's 
ether blue, There, dear brother and dear sister, I will await your coming. 
There my ome has been for ages on ages, and I long to go back again. 0, @ 
humanity, ty demands must b¢ appeased, O, do not call me; I cannot 
come againbut to die; but if humanity demands another human sacrifice I 
will die for hem, if it be God’s will. _ And now, reader, I must bidyou along 
farewell ! lam your friend and brother, Jesus of N azarus, and none other 5 ; 2 
the first bort of Jaeeph and Mary. Farewell! | 


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DECLARATION OF THE HEBREW FAMILY CONCERNING JESUS, THE FIRST 
BORN OF JOSEPH AND MARY, AND MAY HUMANITY BELIEVE DIVINE 
REVELATIONS ARE DAILY BLESSING EARTH WITH TRUTH 

- BEREFT OF FICTION. 


I hold myself before God and dictate for inscription that the mystification 
concerning my first-born may be swept away from the enlightened mind, 
and heathen idolatrous worshippers shall acknowledge they have been de- 
ceived by the designing priesthood, and humanity shall know my boy was a 
natural begotten child, even as my other. four boys were, and know he was 
begotten by the same father and the same mother. Friends that hold this 
record before you, listen to me while I record my own earth history relative 
to my family, then ask God if he ever turned away from his creations when 
conditions of creations were in harmony with the law ; ask him if he was 
the first to break the chain of his Almighty control in his eternal creation. 
Look, O ye inhabitants’ of earth, and. learn how God creates worlds by 
blending of elements and in no other way; and how is it that plants grow 
but from seed of its own kind; and how is it that man is spoken into ex- 
istence but by male and female life blending together that begets: another 
life in the law of Almighty God. Could man control Almighty God, he 
would be torn from the bosom of immensity and be hurled into chaos, and 
man in his attempt, to hold control would seek to find conditions whereby 
he could gratify his unsated ambition, and would attempt to destroy the won- 
drous formations. torn from the law of Almighty God ; but here, hereafter, 
forever, eternal and forever, let God control is the humble prayer. of Jo- 
seph, the son of Jessie, the father of Jesus, and God the father of us all. 
And now I am ‘to make my declaration, let humanity believe me 
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My blood was David’s blood, undiluted by heathen blood, coming down 
through Holland in the full Hebrew blood. It has been said I was in part 
Judea’s blood, but that must be denied. I was called upon to lay away my 
honorable father when I was two years and four months old; my mother 
held the family together. until I was large enough to go to my trade, then 
my second brother cared for the flocks and hess and cared for my mother 
in her own home. When I was twenty-one I held myself before the faith- 
ful band of Free Masons, that they should Weide whether or no I was wor- 
thy to become one of them. I was received by them, passed my initiation, 
and sought toobéy the commands taught me by the faithful Grand Chapter. 
Holy was that order, and I loved my brethren as I had never loved any- 
thing before. My poor mother was a frail woman, and she knew she. must 
soon go from us. At this time I had been away at work asa carpenter, 
and I felt to hasten home to see if I could do anything | for her, but before I 
reached home I espied a poor dying beggar sitting by. the roadside ; he held 
in his arms a little lamb. i saw he was in great distress. I laid my hand 
in his and said, “God bless you brother, can I do anything to relieve you ?” 
His answer was, “God is here.” Then his hand relaxed and he fell back 
and gasped for breath. He then said, “take this lamb, hold it for a dying 
brother.” J..answered, “I. will hold) that holy emblem in my bosom for- 
ever. He answered, “God's mercies endure forever.” He then folded 
the lamb to, his:bosom and fell:-back dead. I -took» the lamb in’ my ‘bosom 
and hastened home, and as I entered there I saw my mother’s breath come 
-heavy, and I knew she was/dying.. She said; “Joseph; I am going to your 
father, have ‘you. any message for him??,» I lay my hand upon the lamb’s 
head and said, ‘‘say to my father, God’s mercies endure forever, eternal and 
forever, without changeor a shadow of turning.” My.mother breathed deep, 
and said, ‘Joseph, forget not your oath, God is here.” I then knelt beside 
my mother and asked God to forgive me ‘if I had done aught that was 
wrong. My mother answered again, “God is here,” and spoke no more on 
earth. It was a ‘dreadful calamity. to me, and as soon as she was buried I 
left my home and left it forever. . I went.to Tyre and labored one year and 
a half; then I went with a caravan to Jerusalem, there I labored four years 
in and around Jerusalem. J had finished my day’s labor and was returning 
to my lodgings when I gaiw.a beautiful damsel bearing a gourd of milk into 
a humble but respectable home, : Her beautiful face held me gazing after 
her. I stepped:to the door and asked for a drink of water. | She hastened 
away and brought a. bucket of) cool. water from thespring. » She handed me 
a cup, and. drank and bowed: to her-and: went away. | I called for.a drink, 
day oy day,, until the mother: brought, the water; and.then I asked for the 
damsel. Ihe mother answered, “she 18 at; work.”:0CanEssee her,’ I said. 
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“damsel, I have come to ask for you in marriage.” She bowed her head. 
but made no reply.. The mother said, “you area Hobtan’: my daughter’s 
blood. is Judea’s blood through Sodom’s borders.” I answered; “the blood 
of hese aad Jacob. have ever blended together in holy love and adora- 
tion to God freed from heathen devices; they declare. God’s ever presence. 
If it please the2, damsel, and. the mother, I would take har all my own.” 
The mother answered, ‘she; is free to do as she pleases.” Then I said, 
“ean I find favor with the damsel enough to be accepted by heras her hus- 
band?” \ Her answer was,,“‘I loved you when I first saw you.” I answered, 
“then you are mine and mine forever.’ Then the mother stood before me 

and said, “you can marry my ‘daughter, but a fearful destiny awaits you, but 

live faithful to your marriage covenant, and true tothe law.of your own 
lives, and leave the fearful destiny, in the hands of Almighty God.” Then 

she related to me Mary’s destiny, as it had been inscribed by my first begot- 

ten, Jesus, in his own history. Then I. said, “I will fold herin my bosom 
and shield her from despair.” Mary sat beside me while her mother related 
her destiny as described by, Zadock the seer., I saw big tears roll down 

Mary’s cheeks, and I felt it had been stamped upon her mind ‘as truth, and 
must be fulfilled. I folded her to my bosom and felt that God had placed 
her there to bless me a poor lone man. I-asked. the mother when I could 
take her all my own. She said, “she is thine, and you shall be joined in 
marriage at your will and pleasure.” “Then we. will, join in marriage this 


day.” “Amen,” answered the mother... “Amen,” answered. another 
voice’ within. There came. before’ me a’ slender form; it was 
Mary’s brother. Lazarus... He. knelt’ before me and joined my 


hand in that of Mary’s, and asked God to bless us, both together. 
Then we repaired to the home of an annointed ‘priest, as they were the 
only ones that could join any in marriage by the law of that land. Mary’s 
mother and her brother and sister Martha accompanied us, whose souls 
were already united. As we stood before the priest he said, “are you a 
Hebrew ?”? I answered, “I am from the house of David ;” “and you 
damsel?” She answered, “I am of Judea’s blood.” Then you will be called 
upon to swear you will not declare for heresy., I answered, “I acknowledge’ 
no God but the God of all immensity.’ He stopped short and said, “have 
a care, if you declare ‘heresy, I will. cut you off and I will’ keep a watch 
over you.” I answered, “God watches over his own created.” He said no 
more, but went on with his ceremony until he pronounced:us as one. Then 
he turned to Lazarus and said, “the bleod of Judea aud Holland has ever 
damned earth with its heresies ; instruct them in the law of Moses and they 
may live in harmony, but if they beget heretics I will cut them off.” Then 
I paid him eight scruples/in’ silver, ant then repaired to that holy home 
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That day I began to repair that home. It contained two rooms; and I 
added one more, then there was room for us all. I remained in that home 
eleven months and nineteen days. Mary became pregnant and I knew it 
was the offspring of holy affection. There had been a great commotion in the 
land as Herod had issued a command that all male children under two years is 
old should be put to death, as a prophecy had declared that one should be 
born that should rule in that kingdom, and his jealousy knew no bounds. 1* 
had reiired to rest, fearfully distarbed, but I had no sooner laid down than 
I.saw a form before me, and as I gazed upon him I felt a hand in mine. 
Then he breathed a holy prayer for me and mine. He ther said, “arise Jo- 
seph, flee from this land, else your first-born, being a boy, will be cut off ; 
begin your journey before the day dawns, and journey towards Egypt. I 
will direct you, but your boy must not be laid on the altar of a heathen 
brute.” He then left me. I arose and prepared a bundle. I knew it was 
prepared for my unborn child.. Then I called Mary’s mother and Martha 
and told them all. Martha answered, “obey the voice of God’s angel 
children, they will guide you aright. Do not awake Mary until I have 
baked the barley loaf that you may bear it-along with you.” When all was” 
ready I went to the bed and knelt down’ and poured. out my soul in prayer 
to my God, asking’ protection for my angel Mary and her unborn babe. 
The mother and Martha wept bitterly, but Lazarus answered, “Amen. Glo- 
ry to God, my Mary will be saved and her child. God’s angels are here 
waiting your departure.” Mary awoke ; a sweet smile stole over her face 
as she said, “I heard the angels shouting a hymn and it awoke me” I 
said, “Mary, God’s' command is upon ‘us, we must leave here this hour.” 
“Whither shall we go” said Mary, “where Herod’s spies are not?” “We 
are to flee his kingdom,” I said, “and we are bid to go even now.” Mary 
went to the door, and she saw it was dark and cloudy, and fear fell upon 
her. I felt I must give her courage, and'I said, “God will direct us and we 
shall yet be blest.” Then Martha threw the mantle over Mary.. Then she 
said, “eome Joseph, God will direct us all; fear has fled me.” Thus we 
stepped forth in the dreary month of December ; many a weary day we 
journeyed on together, and at night we would hire our lodging with some of 
the poor but honest Hebréws. Mary could ‘not go but a short way before 
she would sit down and rest.’ How my heart ached for her when a dark, 
stormy day set inand Mary begun to falter. _ All of that day we made but 
one league and a half; and night was setting in, no signs of a habitation 
was in sight. I led her as best I could, and as we turned a corner in the 
highway, Mary exclaimed, ‘QO God be praised, there is a light. Joseph, 
look, I hope to reach there ere I may give birth to my child.” We reached 
the place from which the light came, and I called for admittance, but the inn- 
keeper gave answer, “my house is full, as there is to be a gathering’ of Ju- 








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dea’s children on the morrow, in honor of the bonds-people leaving Egypt.” 
I answered, “my wife is in the pangs of giving birth to her child, do give 
usaroom.” He answered, “my oxen are away, and you can go into the 
barn, there you can be as quiet as you please.” He brought a light and 
we entered there. I prepared a bed of hay in the manger, and there my 
boy was born. ‘The rest of that history is before you, and I need not give 
any more, as it would be but repetition. And now if the inhabitants of 
earth will receive my testimony concerning the begetting of my first-born, 
Jesus, then they can say, “I am weary of fiction and ready to receive the 
truth as it is according to the law ; then they will be blest by my coming 
back to earth, declaring truth as it is, and must forever remain, that Jesus is 
a son of man. | idle 

Holy, Eternal Creator, God, assist thy children in coming ages to ask for 
light from Thee, and Thee alone, then they will enquire ot the law and the 
law will answer, “God changes not in his creations and his law cannot be 
broken.” Freed I am now from earth, God be praised ; bless you, my 
daughter, for lending your aid for me to be freed ; without you I must have 
been held for ages still, and been left to bear my burden as best I could. I 
long to meet you in a home that is prepared for thee, by God’s own created, 
through the natural law, and none other. Freed, Holy God, freed from my 
burden, I will praise Thee forever and ever. I am Joseph, the father of 
Jesns, the humble Nazarene. 


MARY'S HISTORICAL RECORD, HELD IN ORDER TO BLESS COMING AGES. 


Here her spirit blends with these facts, that she has borne along with her for 
eighteen hundred and thirty-five years, two mouths, and thirteen days, ever 
since she breathed out of her mortal form, being beheaded by four confessors, 
afier they had damned her, and her body was left unburied until decomposition 
took place, being dragged into a cave. © This she could not give herself, and 
we have inscribed for her.— Historian. | 

Heavy tho’ my burden be, yet I will relate facts as they are. But who 
can ever know what I suffered, in relation to my innocent family.: Friends 
of humanity, bear with me, I am all uneducated, except in the life I 
lived, until I was fifty-two and a little over. My early convictions were, 
that I should bear children, and that they would all be cut off by the order 
of the prie-thood, and when Joseph asked for me in marriage, I felt, in my 
heart that he, too, was doomed. And here another fearful sorrow: came be- 
fore me, that I should be the cause of such a holy man being destroyed, by 
linking his destiny with mine. But I felt. the hand of God was upon us, 
and I must obey. My tears did flow, ndét bécause I did not love him, but 


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because I knew he must suffer with me. There had Beh a ‘great commo- — 
tion in all of the Jand, concerning heresy, before I was wedded to Joseph, 
and when he answered the priest, as he did, my heart beat, lest we should be — 
divided even there. , Bat, in that. answer, - Joseph appeared to me as an 
angel of light... . “God be praised, s said Joseph, as we entered our home, (aa 
am freed from. that brute, and may I never be. brought | again in contact with | 
the heathen fiend’ » Happy we were in that home, until we were compelled % 
to leave it, that our first-born should not be destroyed. ‘Many a weary 
league we journeyed on, until I could go no farther. ‘Then I was compelled y 
to yield to my. condition, and my boy Jesus was born. Yes, born i in a 
manger, and I thanked my father, God, that I could lie down, and wait my 
delivery here. . An holy influence came to me, and folded her arms around — 
me, and held me to. her bosom, until my child was born. ie remained there 
two days, thea I was borne into the inn, and remained there until J esus, was 
ten days old. I feel to say, humanity has been deceived relative to the con- 
ception and time of birth, after my marriage with Joseph. Here a declare, 
before Almighty God, that his conception was a natural one, even as that 
of my other children, and he was born one year and eight days after I was | 
wedded to Joseph. . And I do declare before God’s angels, that are around — 
me ; that are here to give facts bereft of fiction, that I-never. knew any other 
man but Joseph, until Joseph was dead, and I was damned by confessors, 
and that against my wlll. But, holy God, how can I fulfill my earth 3 mis- — 
sion, and find rest here? I have been back to earth two years, four 
months, twenty-six days, hoping to leave my testimony and go home, where 
I had dwelled for ages, where in part I had forgot my earth sorrows and 
fears. But as I blend my life again with humanity, I am constantly filled 
with fear, lest harm should. befall those that seek to bless. and comfort me. . 
Holy Creator, God, hold control, until. all the nations. of the earth shall. 
acknowledge Thee, as Thou art ever present, and they, of Thee, apart. Then 
my sorrows will be appeased, and then I shall again find rest. I ever felt ai. 
should be compelled to return to earth, and the hour did come; and now, as 
this is my last testimony for humauity, and as God has prepared the way, 
my burden is lain down forever earthy. | Now I know the hour draws near 
for me to say, “farewell, all earthy things, I long to go.” Here I would | 
kneel in humble prayer before Thee, my father, God, and ask Thy blessings 
to rest upon her that has blessed me.and mine, and may she live to bless her. 
family, and when she has finished her earth labor, may she find rest in Thy | 
bosom, the bosom of her God, is'the humble prayer of Mary, the wife of 
Joseph, and the mother of Je:us, that has been called the Nazarene. Fare-. 
well, humanity, now may the day dawn upon you, that will bear away all 
fiction, and truth alone shall fill the. human soul. I am Mary, Joseph’s 
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TESTIMONY OF JAMES. 


I am called upon to bear testimony relative to my eldest brother, Jesus. 
_ I lived beside him, when he was a frail, little thing, and led him, that he 
could go out and sit on the ground with me and Jessie. Well do I remem- 
ber his falling, if I let go of him, but he never seemed to get hurt. Mary 
was ever kind and affectionate to her children. My father was away most 
of the time, as he was compelled to go wherever he could find labor, that 
his family could have bread. I also remember looking for him to come 
home with his barley meal, when we were all anhungered, as we had not 
tasted food for a day and a half; and Jesus was sitting by the door, and fell 
asleep, — As his head dropped, I saw big tears roll down his cheeks. Then 
he raised his head, and called Mary. She came to him, and Jesus said, 
“Joseph is coming up the mountain with barley meal. Prepare your fire, he 
will be here in an hour.” Mary obeyed, and when the time had expired, 
he came; the bread was soon baked, and we all ate. After we had finished 
our meal, Mary said to Joseph, “I knew you were coming, as Jesus’ angel 
friend told me so.” Joseph answered, “God’s child is always ready to bless 
us all she can, but how good God is to send His child to us in our time of 
need.” “She is here now,” said Jesus. “Can I converse with her?” said 
Joseph. “If she can, she will,” Jesus answered. “Sit quiet, dear boy,” 
said Joseph. Then Jesus folded his little hands together. Then he breathed 
deep, and said, “how do you do, Joseph? JI assisted you in bringing your 

burden up the mountain, as I knew the children were so hungry,” “God 

bless you,” said Joseph, “if you had not have helped me, I shonld not 

reached home until night had closed in. Have you seen the angel here, 

that came to me in the lowlands?” Through Martha, her answer was, “he 

is beside you, Joseph. Have you a desire to converse with him?” He an- 

swered, “he is my brother. He can lead me, where you cannot.” Then 
the spirit said, “come, father, Joseph thinks you have knowledge I have 
not. Ask him, Joseph, who led him through the dark passage. Then he 
will give you light from the deep past. Then you will say, ‘Leiah’s daugh- 
ter held her father from falling in the dark.” Istood beside Joseph, and I 
saw his eyes glistened; when that expression was used. ‘Then he gave an- 
swer, “forgive me, O daughter of Leiah, if I have said aught to disturb 
you.” Jesus said, “Jepthah is here, and he claims an audience with his 
brother.” Then my brother breathed deep again, and another voice spoke’ 
through him, and said, “what can I do for my brother? Are thy necessities 
within my reach, or are they in the hands of the first great cause, eternal 
light?” Joseph’s heart beat quick, as he answered, “brother, I am in 
darkness. Who will give me light?” “The hand that lit the taper for 


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Leiah, ages gone by, will light thy taper, and lead thee on until you will be 
willing to say, ‘God's child has led us all by her light, drawn from eternal 
light”” Joseph arose to his feet, and paced the floor, while big drops of 
perspiration stood upon his brow. Then he turned to Mary, and said, 
“leave me with my brother, and my God, but one moment,” : Mary tock 
Jessie in her arms, and led me a little way from ‘the house. But in a few 
moments Joseph called her and said, “God. is here, and his children are . 
here. Let us kneel in prayer.’! “While Joseph. was kneeling, he raised his . 
hands above his head, and in a moment he was. covered all ov er with light. 
Jesus answered, “God has lit your taper. ‘ Journey eastward. ” Then he, | 
awoke, and Joseph exclaimed, “holy angels, direct.me, lest si fall again i in, 
darkness.” We then went to bed, but early in the morning Joseph awoke , 
me, and said. “come, James, we are going to Judea’s borders,” When we 
went there, every thing was new to me, as I had no previous ideas of any | 
place but my mountain home. But I do know J esus was controlled, day by 
day, and gave directions concerning the journey, and where they should re- 
main at night. Held as we were from the bands of anointed priests. and 
confessors, I have always felt that Joseph had a light, that none of the rest 
ofus had. ‘There had been a great.commotion in Antioch, concerning the 
heathen idolatrous worshippers cutting down the Jews, even in their own 
homes, by the order of the priesthood. I was borne along, until I ‘was 
thirty-two years. and two months old, and when I was returning home from 
my labor, I was accosted by eight confessors, and they said, “where is that 
damued heretic, your brother, that is filling all earth with heresy?” I an-. 
swered, “I know not where he is.” Then one of them dealt me a blow, and 
my arm dropped to my side, broken. Then one said, “where is he that has 
cursed us all?” I answered, “I know not.” Then iLey fell upon me with 
clubs and stones, and beat me to death. ! 

Now here I am again among the inhabitants of etl foci to bless all 
that are willing to be blessed, by my ideas that have been held for ages; and 
now, Lumanity, I would ask you a few questions. Let them be answered 
by your own inner life. Let nothing come between you and ‘Almighty God. 
Have you a desire to feast you souls on the bread of life, which is knowl- 
edge? Have you.made up your mind what kind of knowledge is best befit- 
ting eternal life? Have you a desire to be fed on fiction because of its 
antiquity? Are you where you can drink from the fountain of holy inspi- 
ration? Have you prepared yourselves for fulfilling thy earth labor, while 
_ you are a.material body? Now, if you can answer those questions to your 
own satisfaction, then my advice cannot.do any good. There is a great 
commotion in the opinion of man, because there are no two that think alike, 
and none are satisfied with the belief that they have sought to comprehend. 
Why? Because they have no foundation for their theories but heathen tra- 











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dition and priestly mystification. All claim historical accounts, but they 
are without authority, date, or signature. Fiction comes in to finish up the 
priestly devices. But they who seek God through mystification will be led 
by mystification forever. Humanity, learn what God is, then you will have 
a foundation on which you can cast your anchor when the tempest rises high, 
and your frail bark is driven about by the opinions of men that are ready 
to advise without knowledge. Who can learn from the past and not feel 
that humanity is not higher in the scale of knowledge? And their souls are 
asking for focd better befitting their condition than the heathen forms and 
ceremonies of the past. Light from that inner life of all things, speaks to 
every human soul that has cauglit the light beyond. Come, ye, to the feast 
of the angels and await the coming of God’s breath upon his own chosen 
ones, that are naught but the children of light. And their life bespeaks 
their holy blocd, and they are ever ready to give light concerning God’s 
wondrous rormation and his holy revelation. -Then all will be willing to 
say: “He that created all things, and held them from destruction, is capable 
of holding control. That God is my God, and I will bow to Him and Him 
alone.” Children yet unborn may say, “the nineteenth century caught the 
light from eternal distance, and we will ask for a still brighter light that is 
better befitting our condition that that which was revealed to our ancestry.” 
Heaven bless you my own dear friend and sister. Iam free; freed by you, 
for all coming time earthy. I am James, the second son of Joseph and 
Mary. God bless you, is my prayer here and hereafter. Now farewell! 


TESTIMONY OF JESSIE. 


I am Jessie, the third begotten of Joseph and Mary. I am here beside 
you, and am called upon to give my testimony concerning my family, but I 
hardly know what to say. But my family are here, and God’s children are 
here, and I am dwelling here in this abode of rest and peace. God is here 
beside her that God gave us as acomforter. This home is dedicated to 
holy revelations, and we are blessed, being permitted to dwell here with 
them. Frail tho’ I am in ideality, yet I would seek to bless all.- Here the 
band of ancient revelators are around me and I will do the best I can. 
Mary assist me, I am weary, that I can finish what I have to do, then let 
me go back to my home, a home of rest. My heart beats when I draw 
from that fearful hour when I was dragged away toward a den of hungry 
‘beasts. Ere they threw me in I did hear Mary’s voice, and I answered, 
“God doeth all things well.” But ere I could speak again I was hurled 
down into the den. All four of the beasts flew at me and tore the flesh 
from my bones ere my heart ceased to beat. Why was it? Because I 


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if they do not heed the demand I have upon them. Here, before me, is a 
human sacrifice. Hold her from being crushed by heathen idolatrous wor- 
shipers, that she can finish up her earth mis-ion, and go home, heed broth- 
ers. Heed, lest beware! Beware! Beware! Who will give answer that — 
the humble revelator shall be protected against the dark, benighted souls, 
that fill all earth. » Hold, O hold the light, that she may breathe from: eter- 
nal creations, and give humanity knowledge that will raise them higher in 
the scale of ideality, that they ey elena the sain: Hist St eternal 
light. 

Holy, almighty Creator, ho'd my: daughter fiivin hantiaio) damned; until 
holy revelations can be given through her, that will fill all earth with light. 
Then Thy lillies can bud and bloom everywhere, until their holy aroma — 
shall fill ‘all time, and all space; until every one can be blessed, that belongs 
to the human race, in every nation and in every clime. | They may all an- 
swer, “I am Thine, my God, and Thou art mine.” .. Daughter, may I lay 
this record before my brothers, and be blessed by the same? If so, may 
God bless you for blessing me and mine. Farewell, faithful revelator, until 
{ can meet you in a happier clime. I am now made so feel, earth has no 
more claims upon me, and now I shall go beyond earth’s electric chains, and 
dwell with my beloved family forever. This is my last legacy for you, my 
brothers, and may you hold it sacred in the inner chamber of your inmost 
souls, until you come to me in a holier condition than earth can give you. 
Now farewell forever earthy, Iam he whose beard was dabbled in blood, 
and who was borne away by the holy hands of affection, and lain in my last 
resting place, and govered o’er with evergreen; and five holy flowers were 
plucked and twined together by my beautiful daughters, and lain upon my 
brow. There I was left by them, and they were crushed to death by 
heathen anointed priests, and now, brothers, beware. I will now subscribe 
my earth name, Jepthah. 


Scripe.—As I am held by. a power I cannot, fully comprehend, I would 
, Say, every expression is as new to me as it is to the reader, until it is print- 
ed before me, in electric words, which seem to drop before me. But as fast 
as I catch the expression of them, they fade away, and other words take 


their place. And now, humanity, I have dared to lay these pages. before 4 


you, all uneducated as I am in the knowledge of those histories, previous to 
my inscribing this work, for all that. are ready to receive humble truths, 
from humble people, through |the humble servant. of you all, 4 A 


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From angel breath these lines I’ve traced, 

And may they never be erased, 

But may they ever find 

A resting place in every human mind.—Scor1zzg, 


Behold God’s glory through his own creations, 

And learn to worship the infinite, instead of man, 

That God can be acknowledged by his own, 

And be worshipped in spirit and in truth.—Grorag LipPARD, 





VOLUME II. 


PROVIDENCE: 
A, CRAWFORD GREENE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, RAILROAD HALLS, 
1871. 












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PREFACE. 


owe 


DRAWN FROM THE INNER LIFE OF THOSE THAT LABORED FOR HUMAN- 
ITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 


I must come before the American people in order that they may know 
I am laboring for their freedom still. Eighteen hundred and seventy fills 
up the full measure of freedom, if humanity will receive it from the hand 
of Jehovah God, through his own chosen, here on earth, in spirit. I have 
seen, I have heard, and I have blended my life with the Brothers that lay 
the corner stone for Life Eternal. Brothers, God is here. I am 
here. God’s faithful children are here, that you may learn that God con- 
trols through his own law. Let us draw a line between heathen mystifica- 
tion and eternal light. Holy hearts are beating, and light fills my soul with 
a desire to bless the inhabitants of earth, in all ages yet to come. The peo- 
ple of the free United States have knowledge that cannot be bought with gold: 
Through the chains of the oppressor being broken, light has fallen upon 
them, that could never have reached them in bondage, because freedom of 
speech gives every one a chance to give to those around tliem what they 
have knowledge of, without fear of the stake battle-axe, or the cross. Who 
would not lend their aid in freeing human souls, that God may be acknowl- 
edged, without a shadow of turning. Freedom’s holy land will be filled 
with light, where I was held from death by my faithful brother, that was led 
to believe I was an enemy to a part of the human family, the red men. I 
lay my hand in his and called him brother. He forgot all hate, all revenge, 
and became a friend in my hour of need, and you, my brothers, will meet me 
upon the square and forget I am a spirit. Light must be drawn from eter- 
nal light, to lead and guide us on. We must be free. 

I am your friend and brother, 


GEORGE WASHINGTON. 





Stern justice has a demand upon me. I amcommanded to make a state- 
ment of what I do know concerning the revelations drawn from ages gone 
by. My knowledge has been limited relative to the lives of those that lay 
the chief corner stone for light to find a resting place in the hearts of an en- 
slaved people, that they may be freed in spirit, as well as in body. ‘There 


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has been a great commotion on earth relative to a new dispensation, but as I 
trace back through past time, I learn it is not a new law that belongs to the 
present age. Itis only because conditiops have been made through freeing 
man from the oppression of his brother man, that the cruel and designing 
cannot compel his brother to hold his peace, but by his own will. Light will 
surely dispel darkness, and God will be acknowledged here on earth as Je- 
hovah God. I am a friend to all good. 
Yours respectfully, 

THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
When the thunders rolled over the land of America I was a youth. But 
the fires of independence flashed over me, and I was filled with love of hu- 
manity. When the bells in the churches struck in answer to the old bell in 
the Statehouse in Philadelphia, I shouted, keeping time with the bell, “Free- 
dom! Freedom!” My good father said, “John, you are making a great 
noise.” I answered, “cannot you ‘shout for freedom ?” He said, “if it 
does not cost too dear to establish it.” That speech made me a man, and I 
struggled with the American people as long as I'lived. ' Now’ I see the re- 
sult of that labor. All men are free within the bounds of America. NowI 
would add, men of America, free yourselves from heathen mystifieation and 
you will surely be free, soul and body. ‘That is my earnest desire that you 

may be blest in ‘searching for light. Here I will inscribe my own name. 
| ay JOHN ADAMS.” 





Iam an old man, yet I would say a word to the reader. Live according 
to your highest light, and you will surely be led aright. The blessing of an 
old man rests upon the Ameri¢an people. tal yy 

Your obedient servant, 
ipeoaleriiit JAOKSON. 





Industry brings. a sihaosaiaies in early: life, , hee In, your, aaa you wil 
lay by ‘enough, to bless. yourself, and when yuu lay dowa,to rest you will 
have enough to bless others. | | STEPHEN GIRARD... 





Relative to these histories we would say a word. noun they are, but full 
of interest, and we all bear testimony of their being given by the, individu- 
als themselves, that have sought to bless humanity by leaving facts relative 
to themselves, as they were, and that those that come after may know they 
have been misled by the devices of heathen priesthood, handed down through 
all church creeds, even to this day, and may they arouse from ‘their slumber 
and make an effort to gather knowledge’ for, themselves, and. not .ask | Pope, 
Priest, Clergy, or Layman, where God is, but may they learn to feel. his 
ever presence, is my humble desire. THOMAS W. DORR. 


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CHAPTER I. 
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JOHN, THE APOSTLE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 


I hold myseif before the brain that catches my ideas, and the heart that 
beats in sympathy with my own, that I may reveal facts, as they were when 
I walked the earth. Here, before my Creator God,.I declare myself John, 
the Jewish dispenser, 1s well as the apostle of Jesus of Nazareth, the first- 
born of Joseph and Mary. Early in life I was taught a Messiah would 
come, and his glory would fill all the earth. As I was taught, so I believed. 
Having no other doctrine taught me from my childhood days, I was a firm 
believer in Judaism. There had been arumor around the country that a 
Hebrew heretic was denouncing Judaism, as well as heathen idolatrous 
worship, and the people were following him in great numbers, and the 
heathen priesthood had sought lo destroy him; but he would make his 
escape, none knew how. But the Jews, being more enlightened, had brought 
an accusation against him, thus: “The heretic is causing the people to be- 
lieve that Judaism is tradition, and nothing more, and he declares Moses a 
brute, filled with the fires of hell. He also declared Moses deceived the 
descendants of Jacob, and chose from among them such as he knew would 


administer to his desires, and, above all, he had taken females from their 


family, declaring to them, God had chosen them as his comforters, and he 
was to lead them from bondage to a land where all was bright and fair, and 
there they should find rest. They believed him, and followed him; but 
when he had led them out of Egypt, he compelled them to become his 
slaves, and he held them as his concubines. And for this declaration the 
priesthood have set a price upon his head, of fifty pieces of silver.” I saw 
my father look intently upon Josephus, as he was conversing on the subject. 
Then Josephus unrolled a piece of parchmert, and read as follows: “ He- 
brew heretics will destroy Judea’s hcly faith, unless they are destroyed at 
once. ‘The first-born of Joseph and Mary is filled with knowledge that 
astonishes the doctors and lawyers of the high court, and they declare it is 
dangerous for such a one to be going around the country, declaring he has 
been held from death by an unseen power, in order light can find a resting 
place in every human mind. He has lain hands upon the sick, and they 
have recovered ; he has wrought miracles among the people of Judea; he 
has called on an unseen God to assist him, when he was in danger; he was 


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conveyed away from Antioch, none knew how. He must have been made 
invisible, as he left in the presence of them all, and none saw him depart 
from the synagogue, and as Judaism is in danger, he must be held before 
the people as a deceiver. And now let us have this document lain before 
the council, and let them decide for or against the heretic, hoping they will 
look well to the people’s safety, before they decide.” Josephus sat down, 
and the first in council arose, and declared against the heretic. Then I saw 
my father arise to his feet, and he trembled from his head to his feet; but 
when he had breathed deep, he spoke firm and decided, and these are the 
words that fell from his lips: “Justice has a demand upon me, and I declare ~ 
' for the Hebrews being freed from the heathens, and being borne away 
among his own people. I have listened to the words that fell from his lips, 
so full of wisdom, I forgot all but his holy teachings; and they filled me 
with adoration to God, and love for humanity. And his holy face bespeaks 
him a holy man, and if you do lay hands upon him, I must declare against 
the act. And now leave him as he is, unless you can assist him, and hold 
him from. danger.” Then, as my father sat down beside me, he lay his hand 
in mine and said, “John, shield that man from danger, so far as lies in your 
power, for he is a holy being.” 

The council continued their discussion, and they decided he should be 
brought before them, and they would ask him questions. But whan they 
sought him, he was nowhere to be found. ‘Then they held their peace until 
he was again heard to declare for an unknown God, and his angel children 
being in their midst, as he was kneeling in prayer among the beggars. I 
said to myself, as I left the council chamber, “I will seek for that man, and 
‘learn for myself, whether he is an angel or a devil.” And when I reached 
my home, I called for an ass, and I mounted upon his back, and rode off 
toward Joppa. As I rode along, I found the country filled with bands of 
heathens, determined to get the fifty pieces of silver for the head of the 
humble Nazarene. The day was nearly spent ere I began my journey, and 
I continued on and on, until I reached a place called Arimethea. There I 
rested until day should dawn upon me. I arose while the stars were yet 
shining, and hastened onward, and ere the sun went down on that day, I 
saw many gathered together on the hillside near Joppa, and as I drew near, 
I saw in their midst a humble man kneeling, asking God to feed his chil- 
dren with the bread of life. When he had asked God to bless them, he 
arose to his feet, and I said, “ Brother, come hither, I have a message for 
you.” As he drew near, he said, “God has brought you here, that you may 
buy bread for his children, that have had nothing to eat for two days.” Then 
he said, “John, John, John, God’s hand is upon you. Go, bring bread, that 
God may be glorified through thee.” I said, “Here is gold, hasten back, 
as the holy revelator is perishing for food.” 





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Here he lay his hand in mine, and led me away from the many. We 
‘conversed about the heathens having a price set upon his head. He gave 
answer, “ Heathen idolatrous worshippers cannot bave this body, until light 
is scattered among the children of men, and God be glorified by truths re- 
vealed concerning the mighty changes he has wrought among his own 
created children, and he be acknowledgod Father, Creator, Jehovah, God, 
and the holy breaths that are around me are acknowledged holy angels 
bright, that linger near ‘earth’s benighted, that will lead them into light.” 
Here he raised his hand, and rested it upon my forehead, and I saw a holy 
angel bright. She drew near me, and lay her hand in mine, and said, “John, 
God is being made manifest among the children of earth. Let us lend our 
aid in this great work for all coming time.” She was covered all over with 
light ; in her hand she held a garment, sprinkled all over with dew drops 
bright, and, as she held it before me, she breathed a prayer, like this: “Holy 
God, bedeck my brother in this garment of love for his brother, that he may 
lay down all things earthy for Thy glory, Father God, and may he become 
an. angel of light, even while he walks the earth.’ “Amen,” I answered, “let 
me be robed in that angel garment, that I may become a friend and brother 
to the Hebrew boy, and may I follow him as long as he walks the earth.” 
Then she folded me to her bosom. Then she said, “Thy prayer is answered. 
Thou art to be a follower of him, until he is hung upon the cross, but God 
must be made manifest through you both, ere that can be.” Then I ex- 
claimed, “Am J worthy to become his brother? Reveal to me, O ye holy 
oracles of Judea, can I become good enough to labor beside him that has left 
father and mother to labor for humanity, and become a beggar among men, 
that an unseen God may be glorified.” Again the same sweet voice answered, 
and as I listened, I was thrilled through and through as she said, “John, 
John, John, prepare thyself, the kingdom of the living God is to be estab- 
dished on earth.” Then I said, “Lead, O lead me, thou angel of light, and I 
will declare that God, as long as I live.” Then she said, “You will love his 
children. They are God’s, and you, in this hour, have been made one of 
them.” Then I shouted, “Glory to God.” Then Jesus answered, “All is 
well.”. Then the influence left me, and I looked around, to see where I was. 
There I saw my angel brother, sittiug beside me on the ground. He looked 
up to me, and said, “Brother, God is here, and his children are here in 
spirit.. Let us kneel in prayer, ere night closes in upon us.” There we 
knelt upon the greensward, and such a host of spirits bright I never saw on 
earth, before or since. His soul went out in the holiest, highest and most 
sublime ideas I had ever listened to. As he ceased his prayer, I saw that 
some bright form was beside him. | I saw her lay her hand in his, and say, 
“Come, brother, there is a great commotion among the beggars, as they have 
heard a price has been set upon your head.” She continued, “We must flee 
to the home of God’s children, else you will be cut off.” Jesus said, “John, 


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wo back to Jerusalem. Let no one know you have seen me, because, if you 
do, your life will be in danger ; ‘but the time will come when you must begin 
vour work. Then I shall labor beside you, but» sib pam ‘in. spirit; 
will bless you daily by their presence and their care.’ GIES 

Then TI felt all of my holiest love go out for that Holy brother ike the 
angel bright that stood by his side, and they have borne it along with them, 
even to this day. And may it ever find answer, “John, thou art my brothers 
and I am thine, here, hereafter, forever and ever.”* Here he fled where none 
knéw. “And I never heard from him but once for'one year and’a half; then 
he was in Judea’s borders, declaring God and healing the sick by er on 
of hands. 0 

The Jews were holding Passover. I was in the-synagogue, decliakinss the 
Jewish doctrine to be inspiration, when I'saw a beggar enter. | He turned 
not to the right or to the left, but’ walked directly upon the highest ‘altar. 
Then he raised his hands and said, “Holy, Almighty God, baptize this 
people with thy holy spirit, that they. ‘may bow to’ thee, and thee alone. 
Blessed are they that seek thee as thou art.’ © They will be filled with light 
from eternal light. ‘Then they will flee hypocrisy and deceit ; then they will 
discern good from evil, and give thee the glory for thy wondrous creations, 
filled with life, filled with thee, thou: God of immensity.” There he ‘stood, 
like a holy thing, in the midst of confusion. I commanded them ‘tojremain 
silent, and he would leave them as. he found them, without confusion. They’ 
. then became quiet. Then he breathed forth ‘holy love from God to his 
children, if they would but receive that love, free from the devices of priest-’ 
craft, and free from the galling chains of the heathen bigots, and idolatrous 
deception. He was covered all over with light, and they were all so filled 
with electricity, they forgot he was a beggar, but looked upon him as an’ 


angel of light. He held'them by that power from eternal distance, far past 


the hours of the Passover, and the people began to be anhungered, but still 
he filled the synagogue with his voice, and their hearts with light. All at 
once he shouted, as if a new power had fallen upon him. ‘ “O, ye inhabitants 
of Judea, prepare to defend yourselves. The heathen damned are preparing 
to cut off all the Jews and Hebrews, in all of the border land. © Four days 
from this, as the sun goes down, blood will flow all overthe land. But save, 
Q save your females from the beastly anointed | priests and confessors, ere 

they are damned by a disease that will destroy you all.” Then his eyes were’ 
opened, and he fell down like a poor blasted thing. I said to the layman, 
“Bring cold water, bathe his hands and his temples, care for ri O eare for 
him.” 
I dared not approach him, lest they would accuse me of bringing him 
there. They were all hastening away, as the night was settling around 
them. They were all asking one to the other, who could he be that dared 
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the layman could retutny he sprang to his feet, and ede out in the con= | 
fusion, and none knew how he came or whither he went. ’ How my heart 
ached to fold my brother to my bosom, but fear of the people’ fell over me. 
Then I bowed my head and said, “ Holy God, assist me in this hour, and 
prepare the way for me to begin my work by his side.” Then I did begin 
my work, by persuading the Jews to hold him from death, as he was of their 
blood, and was controlled by an angel of light, and I saw her lay her hand 
in his when he arose to his feet:and fled them. TI continued, “Her face was 
like the reflection of a diamond, and she’ mest be alte holiest thing God had 
ever created.” 4 

My declaration in his favor caused theta to suspect I had’ become con- 
taminated with heresy. ~The’ council was called ‘together tor the’ especial 
purpose of examining the matter. | My father bowed his head, and invoked 
the influence of Abraham’s God to hold his only son from being ‘destroyed 
by the enraged Jews. The hour came, and I walked’ into the council 
chamber, feeling I would die in'order to shield my brother Jésus. An ac- 
cusation was brought against me tor leaguing with’ a. heretic, that’ he could 
enter the synagoeue, when the Jews were holding their ‘holy ritual, in re- 
membrance of Jacob’s sons, Joseph and Benjamin, being their holiest gather- 
ing in the year. And furthermore J had sought to hold him from being. be-. 
headed, when he so justly deserved it, for denouncing ‘their holy docrine as: 
the devices of heathen bigots, and sought at the same time, to convince the 
people of an unseen God being in their midst, one that none eould see, or 
hear, or understand, but himself. \ Also, “If our hGty  doctrinesw are to be 
destroyed by heresy, let us defend them to the las ‘There: the accusation 
ended. Then I arose'to my feet; and shouted; “Holy Creator God is here, 
and his angel children are here in our mids%, and'she that: breathed through 
my brother Jesus in the synagogue, is here, beside me. Destroy this body, 
if you will, but spare, O spare him th-at'is designed by Almighty God to fill 
all earth with light.” I was comruanded to hold my peace, but I did know 
I had a right to defend myself 4s jong as I chose to continue my own de- 
fence, and nore had a right to forbid my expressions, let them’ be what they 
may. “+h 
When I ceased to speak, Josephus arose to his feet, he being Chief Jus- 
tice, and began: “Heathen, idolatrous worshipers dare destroy the Hebrews, 
and the heretics dare denounee our doctrine, and between the two what will 
become of the Jews?” Then he added, “dash the Hebrew to atoms, and de- 
fend yourselves against the priesthood, else you will all be held as bonds 
people, even as the blood of Joseph and Benjam'n had been by the Esyp- 
tians, and now hold the deluded John from the heretic, and we will hunt him 
out and behead him. That will put an end to this trouble. And you, John, 
eool your excited ideas relative to an unknown God, and his children, that 
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us what you have been, a faithful dispenser of the Jewish doctrines. Then 
' you will forget this frenzy, dear brother Jobn, and you will bless the land 
with your earnest desire to do good.” He then turned to my, father, and 
said, ‘guard well your son; he is good, all good, and may he bless his family 
as he has done before.” 


Then another of the council arose and said, “I find no. fault with him. — 


Because if a begger filled him with his heresy, is he to blame, and if the beg- 
ger entered the synagogue, unbidden by any, is John to blame? Release 
him at once, and let him go free. . Bind him not by any oath, but leave him 


as he is, a holy thing.” Then my father arose, being compelled to speak, he 


began like this: “The boy is a holy thing; he blesses! us all with his affec- 
tion. Leave,.O leave him to me. I will guard him well. I cannot live 
without him, and his mother’s heart would break, and his sisters would droop 
and.perish if aught should happen to an affectionate son like my John, and 
a loving brother, as he is, to his beautiful sisters, and I should go down to 
my grave sorrowing,'as nothing ean fill his place in my heart. Give him to 
me, it is all Task, all my own, as before.” } i: 

Then Josephus arose again and said, “Thou art free, but beware of the 
secon d offence, as you. will not so easily be acquitted as you have been this 
“dime.” “Come,” said my father, “let us hasten away. Your mother and 
“sisters a. 
"will bediappy in the bosom of your family.” j 
ee Left that coun il ball feeling disgraced, but when I entered my home I 
coll npg with gay fathe’ my mother and my five sisters, and told them all I had 
eS Tesus.and his angel controllers. I declared I had seen Leiah and 
“his angel daughter controlling Jesus in the synagogue, and I also declared 
Leiah’s daughter breathed upon .0e, when I shouted glory to God in the 
council. chamber, and, I continued, Lat man was once care-taker of Pontias 
Pilate’s children, and he, blessed them with his knowledge, but the wicked 
priest, Caiphas, had a hatred against him hecause he had told the King that 
he, Caiphas, was destroying his dau ghters.”” 

Two'days more had passed away, and as night closed in, a fearful ery 
was heard. Everywhere groans and shrieks filled the air. In all of the 


humble homes of the Hebrews the battle axe was laying low all of the men, . 


and the priests and confessors were to be seen by the torch lights dragging 
away the females to,their abodes, in the suburbs of the city. Hell itself 


‘geemed,to have burst.forth. The city gates were closed against them but, 


‘not until fifty or more had entered the city, all armed with battle axes, but 
‘as. soon ag they saw.the gates. were closed, the people began their work, 
slaying every one, they met until all of the heathens were laid low, Then they 
‘were heaped within the gates, while the Hebrews, on the outside of the wall, 
were utterly destroyed by the battle axe and their brute natures. But when 
morning dawned. upon the city, the inhabitants were thrown into a fearful 


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commotion. The priests and confessors had arranged themselves in front of 
the great gate, armed with battle axes, javalins and spears, threatening the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem with destruction if they did not come out and give 
them the control of the city. A great battle ensued, but Jerusalem de- 
fended herself, with the loss of five hundred and eight, while the dead of the 
heathens numbered eight hundred and more. How could I but exclaim» 


_ “Has the Hebrew boy spoke false or true?” Had the Jews heard the warn- 


ing they could have saved the poor, helpless creatures that could not help 
themselves. 

I remained with my family for one year and four months, when I heard 
the Hebrew boy was making a great disturbance in Antioch. I was deter- 
mined to find him and lay down my life for himif need be. I began my 
journey ere day dawned, and ere the inhabitants were astir I was far away 
out of the city gates, making my way towards Antioch. I reached the town 
called Bostra, at noon, and Damascus as the snn was going down. There I 
rested for the night, determined to reach Antioch the second day from there. 
But ere [ sought rest, a traveler came in and saidthe Hebrew boy was in 
Joppa. My heart beat, but I dare not breathe his name unless I should be 
accused of being a heretic, and be sent back to the court. I could hardly 
wait for the ass to get rest, and sleep I could not. I knew I could reach 
there ere the day closed. Karly I begun my journey, and ere the mid after- 
noon I reached Joppa. Isawa great multitude and hastened forward. 
There I saw that holy brother under the control of Jeptha. He had been 
controlled four hours. Leiah had controlled him an hour and a half, then 
his daughter controlled him one hour, and then Jeptha controlled him an 
hour anda half. As I drew near I heard Jeptha exclaim, “Brother John 
come hither and save this body from death, as I must breathe out of him as 
he is uiterly exhausted.” I dismounted and gave the bridle to a beggar and 
reached him as the spirit was freeing himself from the body. I folded him 
to my bosem, and as his face rested against my own, it was. cold as death. 
I then took off my coat and wrapped it about him and breathed upon him. 
After a time his eyes opened, and he said, “God has blessed me in bringing 
me aid in my time of need. And,” he continued, “John, dear brother John, 
do not leave me to-night, because I am fearfully afflicted with my back and 
head, and I am starving for bread.’ I then handed a piece of gold toa beg- 
gar and said, “hasten away, bring a full loaf of bread, fresh and good. 
Bring a gourd of milk,” I said, “that I can sup with my brother.” He has- 
tened away, but ere he returned Jesus fainted, and I thought he was dead. 
I called on the spirits bright, that were around him, to electrify me that I 
could give him life from my life,and in an instant his guardian angel 
breathed upon me, and I became filled with light, I saw he was dying from 
exhaustion and starvation. I called for water, fresh cold water, from God’s 
own bosom, I shouted, that he may drink and live. Iheld the cup to his 


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lips ; he gave one deep groan, then he held the cup himself to his lips, and 
drank it all. He raised his head and looked around him, and saw the mul- 
titude were all gone but a few that had no where to go. He breathed a 
prayer for them and said, “God will feed you with bread for to-night, but 
who will feed you to-morrow ?” Then he said, “God holds his own created 
worlds, and can he not hold his ckildren even as well.” Then the bread 
was brought; then I broke hima piece and he ate it all. Then he said, 
“Kat, brothers, eat; there is a plenty and to spare.” The beggars ate, then 
they knelt and blessed God for his bread, and above all, for the bread of 
life that they had been blessed with that day. The night closed-in upon us 
and we were still in the open air. I said to Jesus, “Where are we to stay. 
to-night ?” He answered, “God’s ether blue will be our covering, and his 
earth our bed. His angels will be our companions, and we shall be. blest. 
I prepared a place as best I could and covered him over with a blanket that 
Ihad rode upon, and lay down beside him. He fell asleep. While I lay 
there awake, I saw a form of light come and kneel beside us. There she 
knelt in prayer to her God, asking that her brothers may be bcrne along 
until humanity could be blest by their death, and that her Father would 
give her strength to assist them in declaring His ever presence, and that 
all the children of earth may declare one God, and one God only, and when 
their work was ended, that he would receive them in his own bosom, the 
bosom of love. Baptize, O baptize them, thy own faithful, with eternal 
light, that they can behold thy wondrous formations, fresh from thy hands. 
Holy, infinite creater, hold them from darkness and priesteraft, that they 
may ever acknowledge the supreme in all things.” When she ceased to 
pray, my brother awoke. He folded his arms and said, “Angel sister, do not 
leave us. ‘The bitter winds have chilled me through and through.” Then 
he attempted to rise, but befell back and burst into tears, and said “Could I 
go to my mother and die in her arms it would be all I would ask.” He 
then bowed his head and said, “If God’s children will assist me I will arise.” 
I said, “Dear brother, I am strong and if you will lean on me I will assist 
you to the herdsman’s hut yonder. ‘There you can be warmed and fed.” At 
that moment I saw a lad. I called him and said, “Here is gold, go buy 
bread and milk, and bear it to the herdsman’s. J will be there to await 
your coming.” I raised him, and he rested his head upon my shoulder, and 
IT bore him along. As we drew near a female came to the door. I said, 
“Can I bring in my brother, he is nearly chilled to death.” She answered, 
“J fear he will die in my home, and then I shall be accused of heresy.” 
“Fear not,” Isaid; “I will care for that.” I led him forward and set him 
down beside the fire. The warmth gave him strength, but it caused a fear- 
ful pain in his head and back. The herdsman’s wife had poured out a cup 
of warm gruel, and he drank it. That caused him to breath better. I took 


some cold water and bathed his head. He becamecalm. The boy returned 


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with the bread; we ate, and then I said, “Boy, go and feed the beggers, yon- 
ae They have had nothing to eat since yesterday.” Jesus answered: 

ced, O feed them, that they may give God,the glory ere they breathe out 
their mortal bodies. Tarry-but a little longer, boy; I havea message | for 
them.” ‘Then he said, “John, give me a piece of gold.”, Then he handed it 
to the boy and said, “Give this to them, and say that they must buy. bread 
and depart from here this hour, and go into Mesapotamia, and I. will come 
to them there, if it please God, and my love go with them.” 

_ There he sat, with his head resting on my bosom, until the cry was heard 
from without, demanding his presence. Then he arose to his feet, and said, 
“Holy God, I bless,thee for this rest. And you, dear brother, for bringing 
me where the warmth has brought, back life to this body, that was. dying. 
Go with me John; diseased bodies are there, and Stephen is waiting. , God’s 
children are prepared to electrify those that are willing to become. workers 
for God; to be glorified through his own Jaw. , A great commotion will be 
in our midst ere night closes in, and many will be. cut-down. And you, 
John,, will flee into, Caldea, and there you will remain until I come to you, 
which will be after many. days. Fear not; Ishall be cared for. God’s 
child will take care of me, and she will remain beside me all day. . Let us 
hasten away,” he said, ‘‘and begin our work.” I arose to my feet, then Jay 
my hand in that of my brother’s and assisted him to, arise. . Then he  be- 
came electrified and stepped forth like one filled with life. A great cry was 
heard when the multitude saw him coming forth... Then, they. shout- 
ed, “Hozanna!. Hozanna!, He has come to bless us.” . Stephen, shouted, 
“Hail Jesus of Nazareth; God’s breath is uponus. Let.us lay the, founda- 
tion for God’s glory to be established on earth, thou. God ,of;,eternal life.” 
“Amen,” shouted Simon. . “Hell will belch forth her furies to-day, but let 
God control, then all will be well.” Then Jesus. commanded, them. all to 
keep quiet. He knelt on the green sward and poured out his soul in prayer, . 
and a holy ealm came.o’er them all. _ As he arose to his feet a bright ray of 
light fell all over him. Then he raised his left hand and_ said, “Bring your 
sick and maimed and they will be healed by God’s angels, bright that are - 
in our midst.” Tere came.a poor diseased body that was covered with Jep- 
rosy. He said to,him, “Stand: ye there and let the angels of light, bathe you 
all o’er with electric life, that you may, be healed.” He, did as he was bid 
to do, then the apostles gathered around him, and they all became controlled, 
some in one way and some in another, but, the power that fell upon the sick 
man caused him to fall to the ground, . There jhe Jay, shivering. from his 
head to his feet, but when he arose to his feet he was healed. ‘Then, they 
left him as was, and stepped back and called for another. .Then a child was 
brought that had been diseased ali its life. Simoa took the child in his arms 
and it became livid as death, but soon it gasped for breath, and fell asleep in 
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said, “This child I give to thee, thou God of immensity. Then let him have 
his own rather than to live and suffer. My boy suffers and how can I ask 
God to hold him here.” Then the father lay his child in the lap of Jesus. 
He lay one hand on his head and the other on his breast. He then fell 
asleep and slept on all that day and night following, and was healed. One 
came that had been Jaid low with palsey. Jesus said,“Brothers, come here.” 
Simon and Andrew, the brothers of Peter; and Stepben and Jude, Thomas 
and Zachariah, all drew near. Seth, also, came beside us and said, “God’s 
hand is upon me; Iam filled with Lis life. Gather around the poor brother ; 
God’s electricity will heal him.” Then we all stood upon our feet, and he 
lay in the midst. Jesus folded his arms and said, “Holy Creator, here is one 
of thy created. Lend thy aid that he may be healed.” Then a crash was 
heard, but where it came from we never knew as long as we dwelt in earthy 
forms ; but the shock caused him to spring to his feet and exclaim, “I am 
healed.” Many were healed that day by the same law, and the law was 
electric life, being diffused into the bodies of the afflicted. As the sun’s 
bright rays were shining o’er the earth, my angel brother was controlled and 
declared God’s presence, and the presence of his angel children. He had 
not ceased to speak when a great commotion commenced. Many were 
beaten down by clubs. Some fed one way and some another. I sought 
the herdsman’s home. The ass was already bridled and I rode away to- 
wards Caldea’s borders, but ere I departed, I saw Jesus borne along like one , 
borne on the breeze, and he disappeared beyond the hill. I heard after that 
he was borne beyond the reach of them all, then he fell to the earth ex- 
hausted, and lay there all night, but as morning dawned upon him he arose 
to his feet and journeyed onward. I continued my journey and in eight 
days I reached Canaxa, in Caldea’s borders. There I remained one year, 
healing and declaring God. I then went to Selucia. There I continued my 
work until I heard Jesus had been in Babylonia, and in the country border- 
ing on the river Euphrates. Here I made inquiry concerning him. ‘The 
_ answer was, “He is among the Babelonians and they will surely put him 
to death, as they are heathens and he is a Hebrew.” I answered, “I will go 
to him there and bear him away into a land of safety. He cannot die until 
by his death God will be glorified, and humanity may be blest.” I begun 
my journey towards the city of hell, and reached there as the night was sit- 
ting in, and I heard by a heathen that he had gone to Mesopotamia, then I 
said, “Let God direct me, and if it be God’s will, I shall meet my brother 
there.” I then bound my girdle tight around my body and took a staff, and said, 
“J will neither sleep or rest until I can once more look upon my holy brother 
Jesus.” That night I stopped not, but ere the sun had set upon the day fol- 
lowing, I saw a great multitude in sight of Mesopotamia, and as I drew near 
I heard my name called. As I hastened forward, I saw Jesus holding out 
both hands to me, as he said, “God’s children are starving for bread. Bar- 


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ley bread they have, but the bread of life they have not. Feed, O:- feed 
them, lest they go out in darkness and awake in confusion.” ‘Here light 
filled my soul, and I exclaimed, “Come, ye, to the great ‘store-house of the 
living God, and feast your hungry souls. Hold yourselves in’ a condition 
that the dew drops of God’s love may refresh you ere you wither.” Then I 
forgot all, but when the holy ray of light left me it was dark, and I was fold- 
ing my dear brother Jesus to my bosom. His head was resting upon my 
neck, his arms were folded around. me, even as mine were about him. 
There we held a holy communion which filled me with love for humanity, 
and I said, “If my life is demanded I give it freely. But you, my dear 
brother, are chilled through. Where are your garments?” “Garments; I 
have only enough to cover me from shame,’ he answered. “But God’s — 
child will lead us to a place where we can rest and be made comfortable.” 
Then he lay his hand in mine and said, “Come, brother, I will lead you 
where you will find rest for to-night, but where will you rest on the morrow 
night? God holds his own secrets; I cannot draw it from him.” The spirit 
led us into a bye place where the beggars had .rested the night before. 
There was dried grass and we lay down and slept. Early in the morning 
we arose and begun our journey toward Circesstium. There we declared 
God and healed the sick two months and a little more, and then we departed 
from there and went to Edissa. There we were made to feel God had for- 
saken us, as the heathens beset us wherever we went. Day after day we 
wandered about among the hills and ferns until a decree was issued against 
us, denouncing us as heretics. Then we were compelled to flee to Nisbis. 
There we lay the foundation for herecy to be established; holding the peo- 
ple by declaring God’s mercies, and calling on them to flee their idols ere it 
was too late. Here dwelt a great many Shumites. They were kind, but 
feared to offend the priesthood. Many fled their idoletrous worship and de- 
clared the children of light had come to them, as they had seen the forms 
of men all covered o’er with light, around the Hebrew when he healed their 
sick and declared Abraham’s God. There the aged Timothy came to us 
and said, “Heaven alone can control among the poor, benighted’ children of 
the Amlekites,” as there were many there. Herel was divided from my 
brother by a price being set upon his head. He was compelled to flee, and 
I went to Singania. Here I healed the sick and sought to free souls that 
were chained and bound by heathen bigots. Here I labored until I was 
entirely exhausted, and I fell beneath the burden, expecting to rise no more 
in my earthy body. But God held control and I was raised up to contiue 
my labor. My garments were worn out and I was nearly naked, and I had 
a great desire to go back to Jerusalem, and look once more upon my father; 
my mother and my sisters. Here I continued to make inquiry of every 
wayfarer if they had seen a Hebrew, bareheaded and _ barefooted, healing the 
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he had segn one crossing the country toward Antioch, and when he saw him 
he was not/more,than'two day’s journey from there., I. called my followers 
together, and we started in that same hour.) “There were eight:in all. Among 
them) was Andtew.and Simon, brothers of the; fisherman, ¢alled Peer, the 
aged: Shumite, ‘Timothy, and his two sons,’ also. two, from. from Caldea that 
had‘ followed. meone year anda half, Their names were:Silas and. ‘Thomas; 
brothers, andione boy fhat had ‘followed: me:four: years, by .the name »of 
Naum: «We journeyed: toward) Antioch. but before we reached there we 
stopped at a hut.and there we found Jesus and his; followers, where they had 
sought; rest:for the‘night. » Butras he entered, it-being dark,he did not know 
who hadcome; but when I. breathed his name he sprang, forward and fold- 
ed lis arriis around merand bur'st:into: tears, as:he» said, .¢God.bas, brought 
you here that you may: assist inlaying the foundation, for his, childs en. for all 
coming time.”, “Amen,” I answered ;, “God is here.” |,,Phen Jesus knelt in 
prayer. » We all ate and then lie down) and slept ; but Jesus awoke in othe 
night filled with fever. » He ‘said,.“Jobn, lay your hand! upon my head. 
God’s' child: will. help. you, and I shall be made,.better.” |The holy breath 
filled me with Jife,'and Jesus exclaimed, “Tam better.” Then:-we both slept 
until morning dawned upon us...’ Then we went forth again from that, home 
for the last)time. | We-were met by the way, by heathen;,and Hebrew that 
were diseased). We Jay hands uponsthem and.they! were, healed; but.ere 
we could reach the|city the crowd was so dense we were compelled to leave 
the main-road and enter the city through the by-lanes... But when ween- 
tered the, great squaré we were met by the multitude. that had gathered froma 
all.parts of the|country:! Here a mighty work was done. . AH. of. the fok 
lowers weve-filled withlife,.and they declared: God's. presence, and the pres- 
ence of his,angel.children..,;As,the day, wore,away we werelall «nearly ex- 
haus'ed,. when one, of the! followers, exclaimed, | “Hell's, furies);are. upon us; 
let us flee the, city.” Lhe country! was ina commotion, and, we!sped) dn-un- 
til. we reacheda idole) There. we bathed our heads,-faces and hands, Je- 
sus breathed deep, and aad “Go into'that home, yonder; ‘foad. awaits you 
theres, bat do not tarry, lest harm falls, upon the inmates.’?;. ,1t\ being now 
davkywe made our, way! as; best we could, but. when, wou ine etl there, a fé- 
Male aceostéed us and said, “I have been waiting for you.) My daughter|said 
you; were, coming... Now eat, then) lie, down, and rest”, “No,’. said: Jesus § 
“we must flee) lest harm befalls you.” | /L sat beside my. brother at meat, and 
he took.a-cup of water.and raised it-above his. head tand, said, “Holy eternal 
distance is; myshome,,. L.Jong to,go there/and find rest. There I shall be 
free trom, heathen devices. ,.,There, I shall awaitthe hour, when’ I shall .be 
calle) back to finish up.that which, has,been,-begun by) my. death: > ‘Then 
light will dispel, darkne-s., There. we shall dwell together without. the fear 
of the jerogs.! There. we shall, bless each.otheri | .. There, God’s holy children 
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ifest through his children’s leve, one for the other, and then God will be 
glorified through his own creations. Then, and not until then, will the an- 
gel hosts unite in holy praises forever.” When he had ceased to speak, his 


face changed to a livid hue, and he burst fourth in ecstacy, and shouted, - 


“God is here, and his children are here; let us shout glory even now.” 
Here his breath went out of him and he fell back, and I caught him ere he 
fell to the floor. I held him in my arms until his breath came back again, 
and he said, “God’s child held me from death, else I should not have been 
here.” Then he sat at the board again, he ate but a little, but he drank 
cup after cup of cold water. We then left that home and went forth into 
dark night. The country was in great commotion and we feared at every 
step lest we should be cut down. . I said to the brethren, “Let us ask God 
to direct us, as we cannot discern the way.” We knelt down, and in earnest- 
ness we invoked God’s angel children to direct us on our way. Jesus sprang 
to his feet and shouted, “Here is Martha’s; let us hasten there, even now.” 
I led Jesus the rest of the way, as his feet could not bear his weight. But 
we soon reached a little hut built in the hillside. Jesus knocked at the door 
and a gentle voice answered from within, “J am here, come in dear broth- 
ers. Martha has prepared a bed for you to rest.” We entered the holy, 
but humble home. Light was there; God was there breathing through his 
children. “Holy! holy! holy!” exclaimed Jesus; “I will declare thee for- 
ever, and thy children shall behold thee as thou art, eternal and forever.” I 
looked around and there I saw Lazerus laying on his bed of dried grass. 
Martha was still entranced, and Jesus folded her to his bosom. ‘Here are 
God’s holy children blending their lives together, and I love them both.” 
I answered, “God’s children inay be divided on earth, but surely meet be- 
yond.” Then we all knelt in prayer, even before Martha’s breath came 
back to her, and the angel spirit breathed out her soul in prayer, asking her 
father, Cod, to bless his children, here and herafter. Seth answered, “Lead, 
O lead, us through the darkness that is upon us, that we can find a home of 
rest. God’s children cannot find their rest here, but ina brighter sphere.” 
Seth answered, “I would go to my family, but how can I reach them when 
they are more than an hundred leagues away?” Jesus answered, “God _ will 
bear you there ere the flowers bloom again.” Here Martha awoke as from 
a dream and looked around her and said, “How long have you been here? I 
knew you would come as that spirit that stands beside Jude told me so.” 
Then she said, “She is showing him something, but darkness falls upon him, 
and he cannot discern.” Then we all lay down and rested until the first 
dawn of day, then we arose, atea piece of barley bread. Then Lazarus 
gave forth a holy prayer from an aching heart, knowing full well that we 
must die by the priesthood. Then we bade them adieu and journeyed onward 
toward Jerusalem. 

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a:place of rest. We drew near to where a band of beggers had been en- 
camped for a time, but they had all gone and their fire had hardly ceased to 
burn. We scraped away the ashes from the warm earth, then spread down 


the dried grass they had used for their beds, then we lay down and slept — 


comfortable all night. ‘The day dawned upon us cold and cheerless, yet we 
made the best of our way to Nazareth. There we found friends among the 


Hebrews. We reached there about mid-afternoon. There we were made_ 


welcome ; they gave us food and we rested. But who could look upon 
such a ragged set of human beings and not scorn them. Jesus was entirely 
bereft of clothes, except a buckskin shirt and a camels hair breechcloth ; 
nothing to cover his head, arms, legs or feet, and my garments were even 
less than his own. My garments had been entirely worn out, and I had 
procured of a herdsman buck-skin enough to make me a pair of short 
breeches and a leathern girdle. This I procured in Caldea, but I had hoped 
to meet with friends in Judea that would feed and clothe me. None of my 
former friends came to me, but they shunned me even as if I had been their 
enemy. But Jesus had no hope; his parents were poor, crushed people» 
fleeing from place to place, and hiding inthe mountains in order to hold them- 
selves from death. He saw the future, but I was withheld from the the fear- 
ful vision. Hope he had none. I hoped protection in my father’s house. 


The hebrew family where we rested was astir early and we also arose and 


prepared for our journey. Little did we know how that family must suffer 
because of our stay in their home. Little did they know were were the 
last that they would welcome to their home. Ere we had passed out of 
sight of that holy spot we saw seven annointed priests enter there, and tha 
whole family was destroyed; some in one way and some in another. When 
they had gone, we turned back, but what a fearful sight met our gaze. Eley- 
en dead bodies Jay in that home entirely naked. Two females were crushed 
to death by those brutes, and the rest were beheaded. ~ I fainted and Is- 
cariot bore me to the open door, but when I opened my eyes I saw a little 
child with its brains dashed out. “Holy God,” I’ exclaimed; “hold these 
spirits from the heathen damned until they can be borne away.” Jesus an- 
swered, “God forsakes not his own, but he will surely prepare the way for 
them to be borne hence.” Then we straightened the dead bodies and  coy- 
ered them o’er with dried grass. ‘Then we knelt and prayed that they might 
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CHAPTER IL” e 


Again we started, and that day we reached Joppa. Here we ate, and 
healed many that were brought us from the country. That night we found 
rest with a Judean family, that had a daughter healed of a fever. But in the 
morning, ere day dawned, they began to bring their sick, There we were 
compelled to remain two days, healing the sick and deelaring the presence of 
God’s angel children... But when we found our strength giving away, they 
were all called together. Then. Jesus was controlled, held forth one hour, 
and his controller bade them all depart, that. the weary could rest, ere they 
began their journey on the morrow. Then we lay down upon the floor, and 
slept until the sun was rising... That day we made our way to a hill that 
“overlooked Jerusalem. It wag called Mount Hoab. There we sat. down to 
rest. Jesus sat upon a little mound, and we all sat around him upon the 
‘ground. As he sat there, he gazed upon the old, grey wall of Jerusalem ; 
then he folded his arms, and his head rested upon his bosom, I saw his soul 
Was in agony. He breathed a prayer for the inhabitants there; then he 
burst into tears. He wept until his breath came deep, then he exclaimed, 
BO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, oft would I have gathered. you together, as a hen 
- gathereth her chickens, but ye would not listen to the voice of God’s chil- 
dren, that come to save you from darkness, and now you must be left in the 
hands of heathen priesteraft, until God's changes lead you. into light... Hold 
them, Father God, until the veil can be rent between the two spheres, then 
they can discern more clear light from darkness, g00d from evil, wisdom from 
folly, and heathen idolatrous worship from light eternal.” . As he uttered the 
last word, he fel] back, and we all thought for a time he was dead. After a 
time, he opened his eyes and said, “Am I living, or am I among the dead ?” 
Then, as he gazed upward, and saw the stars brightly shining, he said, ) “QO, 
tow holy thy rays.are tome. J long to find, rest beyond. God's mercies 
ndure forever, from, the beginning of time, without.a shadow. of turning, 
vrever, eternal and forever.” After Jesus had.ceased to speak, we lay. down 
+) rest, and we huddled together; in order to draw ‘warmth one. from. the 
‘her. The winds were cold and piercing, and. we were all. chilled through 
ad through. After a time we fell asleep, but rest. we could. not, as fearful 
sions came before us... But. when morning dawned upon us, We prepared 
(enter Jerusalem... When we entered the valley and approached the city, 
ly were accosted by, J udea’s son. It was like this: “THasten into the city. 
hey are preparing a gallows. for you, and. the Sooner you; get there, the 
tter.” ¥ ; | 
Here the people began to, gather around US; 80 much. so, that, we left the 
in road and went upon a hillside, bearing southward. There were a 


vat many from all of the country of Judea... When. Jesus had. been con- 
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trolled, and was kneeling in prayer, he was accosted by one of high blood. 
It was Bartholomew, and his meeting with Jesus has been related in his own 
history. All of that day the holy influences held control, but when night 
came on, we were left in the open air, and no one to say, “Come.” That 
night we found rest egain upon the cold. ground, but early in the morning 
the people were again gathering around us. That day we entered Jerusa- 
lem, and sought the great square. There we found a multitude gathered 
together for the purpose of witnessing the execution of the humble 
Nazarene. Jesus stepped upon the platform that had been erected for his 
execution. There he was controlled by Stephen, the ancient seer. Hede- ~ 
nounced the Hebrews for their lack of faith in God, and the Jews for their 
unholy design against the frail man he then breathed upon, and he told them — 
their city would be lain waste, and their synagogue would crumble away, 
and there would be none to close the doors against the beasts of the field, or 
their windows against the birds of the air, and the remnant of them that 
would be left, would be scattered, and would be wanderers on the face of the 
earth forever.* Then he made an expression like this + “Let any one lay — 
hands upon this body, and God will dash him to the earth, and he will rise 
no more.” Then one of Judea’s magistrates sought to lay hands upon ‘him; 
and as he raised his hand to clutch him by the hair, he fell back, breathed 
four times, and breathed no more. Then Stephen declared the presence of 
the living God and his angel children, he accused the priests of defrauding 
humanity of her inheritance, by holding from them knowledge which they 
themselves did know did belong to them. All of that day we toiled on, 
some in healing, others holding forth and declaring God’s angels’ presence in 
their midst. In the after part of the day there was a great commotion, and 
we became divided. We had sought to hold ourselves together, fearing the 
heathen priests. _ 

The commotion was great, and Jesus lay breathless upon the ground, 
when Bartholomew exclaimed, “Let us flee these damned heathens, that | 
would destroy the living God, if they could.” He then folded Jesus to his 
bosom, and said, “Call them together, that they may find safety within the : 
gates of my father’s mansion.” I shouted, “Come.” At that moment, 2 — 
fearful cry went up from the midst of the multitude, and I felt that some ono | 
of our band was being crushed to death. But all of us that had met, followed 

Bartholomew into his father’s house. As he was passing through the greatf 
hall, one of the servants accosted him and said, “The man is dead; lay him 
down here.” But Bartholomew heeded not, but pressed forward, and lay 
the poor, frail body upon his own couch, where there was displayed all of 
the eastern grandeur. The damask covering was embossed with threads o! 
gold, and the curtains that were festooned around that couch were entirely 








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covered with embroidery, that had been wrought by the damsels of the court, 
and each had bestowed their finest piece of work. In the art of embellishing 
fruit and flowers bespoke their fine taste, and the perfect harmony of their 
colors I could not but admire, although my heart was filled with fear. -As I 


Was gazing upon the beautiful workmanship, Barthoiomew drew forward the 


curtain, in order to shield the face of Jesus from the light, and there, within 
that fold, was a beautiful lamb, resting on a beautiful green turf, that had 
been a gift from the queen’s hand, as Bartholomew had been a great favorite 
among them all. Ever kind and affectionate, he drew around. him the 


flower of the court; his father one of the first council, and he an only son. 


Even while I was gazing upon that holy emblem, the lamb, Jesus opened his 
eyes, and gazed with adoration upon the same, then a sigh escaped him as 
he said, “The lambs of God will be slain, and the heathen priesthood will 
trample them beneath their feet, but God will surely control and save them 
from annihilation, and bear them beyond, where they will dwell together in 
harmony. There their holy lives will blend together, and declare the 
mercies of a living God, in that bright world free from care, free from fear, 
and free from heathen oppression. ‘There they that Jay down their life for 
humanity will surely find rest, and you, Bartholomew, will die, and you, 
dear John, will die, and you, Iscariot, come near, you too are among the 
martyrs that will lay down your life for freedom’s cause, that must be 
established in coming time. Jude is already freed from his earthy body; 
even here, in spirit beside me, they have killed him.” Even then a mes- 
senger entered and said, “Four of the followers are dead. Jude, Andrew, 
Simon and Silas, the herdsman’s son.” 

Here I must remark, Caiphas had been made acquainted with the fact of 
his son Jude being one of the followers of the poor, despised Hebrew, first- 
born of Joseph, and his rage knew no bounds. He commanded them all to 


be caught and bound, and dragged to the gallows. The four had been 


caught by the heathens and dragged to the foot of the gallows. Caiphas 
came out and caught Jude by the throat, and pressed his knees upon the 
chest of the frail boy, until the blood gushed from the eyes, nose and mouth, 
and then, with his own,hand, he drew a cord around the neck of his boy, 
and strangled him to death, before he was drawn up upon the gallows. The 
rest were drawn up, and remained until the next day. And even here, in 
this day, I feel to exclaim, “O thou fiend in human form, how could you 
crush to death thy own begotten angel boy.” It is beyond my comprehen- 
sion, how he could crush that beautiful flower, and trample him beneath his 
feet. Here I will leave the brute in God’s hands. 


ee TI. 

I will now continue my own historical facts Helinttire to myself and those 
that were left in that hour when we were left still breathing, as the hour 
had not come. When Bartholomew’s father entered the room and gazed up- 
on that pale face of Jesus he exclaimed, “How can they crucify so beautiful 
aman?” Here Jesus was controlled and he conversed with the father and. 
‘Bartholomew for a time, then he said, “John, come near and lie down beside 
me. My breath is short and my head is aching.” Here TI knelt beside the 
couch and Jay my face resting against that of Jesus, and we wept together 
until our breath stopped, and we forgot all for a time. Whetherit was from 
exaustion, or an influence, that caused our breath to be stayed, I never knew, 
but we were aroused by Bartholomew laying his hand in mine and saying, 
“Let us hasten away, even now, else the day will dawn upon us and we shall 
be cut off.” I arose tomy knees and asked God to assist us, and Jesus raised 
himself up and said, “My body is exhausted. I am unable to stand upon 
my feet.” Bartholomew raised him up in his arms and said, “We will leave 
the city through the underground passage that leads directly from here be- 
yond the city walls.” Then he shouted, “Hell’s damned will be here, but 
they will find God controls his own children,” ‘Then he darted down a long 
flight of steps and we followed him. When we had gone about half way he 
said, “I am stronger now; I can walk.” He sprung to his feet and darted 
forward and we lost sight of him, but when we come to the opening we saw 
he had rolled back a stone as large as four men could have raised. I saw 
him no more, but according to the command that was given Bartholomew 
and myself, we lingered about the foot of the: mountain bearing toward 
Tyre. 

Even now when I look back to the last night we were in Jerusalem my . 
heart aches for the people there. ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem were filled 
with fear that night, as many homes were entered by the heathen brutes 
that were armed with battle axes. They destroyed the men and cursed the 
women, and the half could not be told of that fearful night among Judea’s — 
children. But I could not break the holy command that was given through] 
Jesus when he was controlled by his angel sister, as he called her, when she 
said, “John and Bartholomew will linger about the foot of the mountain, and 
you will remain there until I bring this body down again, in order to estab- 
lish a belief on earth that will endure for all time. But he can now but be- 
gin a work that will be finished when ages have passed away. And you 
John, will assist him even then.” “God grant it,” I said; “may it be so.” 
Then the answer was, “Changes must be wrought among men ere God can 
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combine, constituting the Almighty whole, and his children a part of him- 
self.” | | 

But when he left me in the underground passage I felt I would gladly 
have died for him if I could hold him from death, and I did not see him again 
until forty dreary days had passed away. We fled toward Tyre, and as the 
time had expired, I accosted a lad, the boy of one of the heathen herdsmen, 
and asked him if he knew anything of a Hebrew family that had a son that 
had been causing a great commotion in the country, and he has a price set 
upon his head. ‘The boy started and said, “If that is the one you mean, he 
is in the city or somewhere about. I saw him myself not more than an hour 
and a half ago. He went into one Martha’s, and there was a dead man ly- 
ing there and he told him to get up, and he opened his eyes and_ looked 
around, and it frightened me half to death. I thought if he could make the 
dead live he could kill every one he chose, and I thought I would be off? 
Bartholomew held a piece of gold in his hand and said, “Lead us to him at 
once and you shall have this gold all your own.” He shrank back and said, 
“T am afraid you are a heretic.” I answered, “Heresy. cannot be bought 
with gold; it is a gift from God.” When I said that, he fled from us as if 
we had been covered with leprosy. We hastened forward, determined to 
find him ere we slept. But ere morning, we reached Levi’s. But who can 
describe it? The dead bodies of the children lay there with their brains 
dashed out. But when we followed the low sad moans, there sat Peter with 
two blasted holy beings. My own dear brother lay beside his mother on 
some dried grass. Her face was like marble, and Jesus was filled with fever. 
Bartholomew bowed his head and wept like a child. The faithful Peter 
sat there, his head bowed in grief, not knowing what todo. The fire had 
gone out and we rekindled it, and by its bright rays we couldsee what was 
there. We moved the bodies of the children into one corner, and then Jesus 
rose up and said, “God has brought you here. My mother will die, I fear, 
and I am starving for bread.” I answered, “dear brother I have brought 
some bread with me.” I gave him a little piece and he ate it. “We found a 
gourd filled with water and he drank it nearly all. I saw Mary was breath- 
ing deep, and she was controlled by Leiah’s danghter, and she said, “God 
holds Jesus still fram death until he can be glorified through that death.” 
I said, “Child of God do not forsake us, but remain beside us to guide and 
direct us.” Jesus said, “Sister, come hither when you breathe out of wy 
mother.” In an instant she stood before us like a ray of light, and we ail 
exclaimed, “Holy God be praised; his angel child is again in our midst.” 
Her head was bowed and deep grief was settled upon her, but in a deep, calm 
voice she answered, “God is here.” Then Jesus burst into tears and said, 
“Here we are in the midst of death, and you, holy child of God, are here. 
Do not leave us again until we can breathe with you in spirit.” Her answer 


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was, “I have come for the last time, dear brother, and I shall not leave you 
again as long as you breathe in mortal form. I have been beside Mary ever 
since her reason left her, and when the confessors entered here I controlled 
her and caused them to feel she was dead. A confessor came up to her and 
attempted to raise her up and he saw she was cold and rigid, and he dropped 
her down again and said ‘the damned heretic is dead this time’ Then they 
left, and bore away Levi’s companion, and she lies dead in the hollow yon- 
der.” Mary called for drink and we gave her all she wished, and she seem- 
ed calm. After atime she asked for bread. I gave her some; she ate it 
and said, “How good God is to give us bread when we are an hungered, and 
Joseph always brought me all the barley meal we wanted, and to spare. How 
I do wish he would come. Ihave been looking for him many days. I am 
afraid something has happened to him.” Then she ‘gave a deep groan and 
fell back like one dead. Then Bartholomew laid his hand upon her fore- 
head and said, “She is chilled all through. Let us bring her near the fire 
that she can be warmed.” Ere they could raise her up her breath came deep 
aud she said, “Let some water be heated in a bakepan; bathe her feet and 
hands but cool her head.” It was done, and then she fell asleep and _ slept 
on until she was taken up for their flight. Day dawned and Martha was 
there, as she had left Lazarus in the care of Peter’s daughter. Now the 
deal must be buried. Bartholomew found a spade, and beside the home he 
dug a grave big enough for them all. When they were all laid in the grave 
Jesus said, “Let me behold the burial of God’s children.” I raised him up, 
as I would a helpless child. He knelt in prayer at the héad of that grave 
that held a faithful brother and four beautiful children. He asked his fath- 
er God to bear them all away from earth and give them a home where priests 
and confessors could not crush them more; where the angels bright could in- 
struct them in the holy law of creation. When he ceased to pray, he fell. 
back, and Peter caught him up in his arms and bore him back into the tent. 
Again the fever came back upon him and he called for water. Martha gave 
him water and bathed his head, and we lay him down. beside his mother, 
Again the sun rose bright and clear and had hardly blessed earth with its 
rays, when the Hebrews began to gather from all the country around. They 
brought with them what could be gathered up in a hurry, consisting mostly 
of barley meal and barley bread. They brought along with them their aged 
their sick, and their children. | Because the confessors had declared that all 
of the Hebrews and heretics in the land should be laid low in the hour when 
it should be declared by the high priest, Caiphas, and they knew not where 
to go but to him that had caused the excitement, and as soonas they heard 
Jesus had come down from the mountains they fled to him, hoping the same 
power that had held him from death, would shield them also. Jesus lay 
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sought to bless them, but he fell back again. Then he called for cold water 
and drank freely. Then I saw an angel bright approach him and she laid 
her hand upon his head and breathed into his body. Then he stepped forth, 
fearless and strong, and he held forth an hour. Here we were all electrified, 
and light fell all over us. One came in our midst; he was bowed with 
grief, as he had been left alone for many years. This companion and his 
beautiful daughters were all destroyed in one night by a band of heathen con- 
fessors. He being from home, his life was spared. Alone he had walked 
the earth with his angel family. They were ever with him and he convers- 
ed withthem hourly. He had lived in that condition more than half a cen- 
tury, and when he heard Jesus had come down from the mountains he sought 
him that he could die by his side. His name was Cornelius, and he was 
~ one hundred and four years old, therefore he was called the centurian. It 
had been revealed to him that Jesus must die, and all that followed him must 
die. And when he saw such a multitude gathering together, his heart was 
wrung in agony, and he exclaimed, “Holy God, these are thy children, and 
they will find rest with thee, thou God of immensity.” Jesus called to him 
and said, “Brother, God will reveal to you what is best ‘o be done, because 
if we remain here we shall be cut off by the heathens of Tyre; they are 
filled with hate against me, and they have destroyed my father and my 
brothers, and they will surely destroy us all together it we remain here.” 
Cornelius then knelt in prayer and asked God to reveal to him what was 
best to do. He listened, and then gave answer. It is the destiny of this 
people to die, but they must not die here, because if they do, God will be 
robbed of his glory, and coming ages will not be blest by the sacrifice offered 
upon the altar of humanity. Make haste and begin your journey toward 
Jerusalem even now. JI said, “Here are the feeble; what shall we do with 
them?” “Bear them along; let the strong assist the weak, even to the last.” 
Then he bowed his head and said, “I give myself to thee, thou God of life 
eternal.” Then Jesus called Bartholomew and said, “Wrap my cloak around 
Mary; bear her along in your arms. Judas will assist me, and Peter will 
lead Lazarus, and you, John, assist the children.” My heart ached for my 
brother, as he leaned upon Judas, and I said, “Do let me assist you by tak- 
ing hold of the other arm.” Feeble as he was, as we bore him along, ere 
he reached the green slope, he became electrified, and as he sprang from us 
he exclaimed, “I will take care of him until night closes in, and then he will 
be entirely exhausted, then you must care for him, as a mighty work will be 
done ere the sun goes down on the morrow.” As we came where the rest | 
were sitting he shouted, “Hell’s fiends are preparing to cut us off on the 
morrow, and unless you can be armed they will lay you alllow. As night 
closes in, forty of you must enter the city and bring away at least two battle 
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their council, and ere they come from their council chamber, you will go to 
the building where they keep their battle axes and the keeper will think you 
are heathen. Secure the axes, then hasten without the gates, lest you should 
be suspected and the gates locked, then none could save you. But if you 
linger not you will be borne back in safety.” Here a begger came and said 
the priests are preparing to work harm against you, and they are gathering 
- from all the country around. Cornelius said, “Let the females and the child- 
ren be kept in the centre of the multitude, and let them build a fire and get 
warm, but it must be extinguished ere night closes in.” . Then Jesus said, 
“Who among you that are diseased, let them come and be healed.” As the 
sick were brought forward, then the controller said, “Gather together, ye 
faithful sons of God that have laid down all ye had for humanity, now make 
conditions to heal the sick, that you are to bear along with you, even to the — 
end.” We all formed ina circle around him, and as the sick were held bet 
fore him, thus he exclaimed, “Angels of light, give us light trom. thy own 
inner light, that these poor, frail beings can be filled with life drawn from 
thee, thou God of light and love.” They all breathed deep, and were filled 
with strength, and were healed from that hour. The day. had changed to 
night, and the spirit breathed out of that body, and Jesus fell like a dead 
thing to the ground. I knelt beside him and raised him in my arms, and 
rested his head on my bosom. There I breathed upon him and sought to 
warm his chilled body by my own warmth. There he lay at least an hour 
ere he seemed to breathe at all. Then he gave a deep groan and asked for 
water. He drank four cups full and then sat up. He called for his mother, 
and Bartholomew brought her to him. Her face was crimson and her breath 
came thick and fast. He said, “Bring water; let me bathe her head and 
her reason will come back to her again.” He lay his hand upon his moth- 
er’s head and a power fell upon him that caused him to shudder. Then he 
_ said, “Holy father, God, assist me.that my mother may look upon me and 
recognize her own.” Mary fell back and ceased to breathe for a few mo- 
ments, then she opened her eyes and said, “I have had.a fearful dream, but 
it is all over now. But my boy is here beside me.” Her voice trembled as 
she said, “I saw Jesus hanging on the cross, and I was kneeling at his feet.” 
Big tears rolled down her cheeks as she said, “Yet it is not all a dream, be- 
cause I did see the battle axe when it fell upon Simeon’s neck. Darling 
boy, he cannot come to me now, earthy, again. And I did see my darling 
Jessie thrown into the den of wild beasts. And here is Joseph and James ; 
they must have destroyed them, else they would not be here in spirit. And 
you, dear Jesus, are you still breathing in a mortal form, or are you a_ spir- 
it?” She reached out her hand and lay it in that of her son’s and_ said, 
“Jesus I do know you must hang on tbe cross, but I shall surely come to you 
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Then she said, “Have you heard from Martha and Lazarus?” I answered, 
“They are here, dear Mary, and I will bring them to you, even now.” 
“Flow is it,” she said, “that we are here in such a crowd?” I answered, “The. 
heathen are seeking to cut off all of God’s children, every where.’ Then 
she breathed deep and said, “God’s children will yet fill all earth when ages 
have passed away. And human sacrifices will lay the foundation for God’s 
kingdom to be established on earth. Although it be laid in the heart’s blood 
of the innocent, it will not crumble and pass away, but forever it must re- 
main through all coming time.” Then the holy child of God, that was con- 
trolling her, said, “My dear brother, Jesus, will come back with my father, 
Leiah, after many ages have passed away, and finish up what will be begun 
by the death of this family. And you, dear brothers, will all come back to 
assist us in blessing humanity; in declaring one God, and one God only. 
You will declare against heathen idolatrous worship among all the naticns of 
the earth. ‘Then, indeed, shall our father, God, be acknowledged, all in all, 
and we a part and portion of the Almighty whole, and after earth has been 
cleansed from priestcraft, and man will dare look at God’s woundrous forma- 
tions, and ask how is it we are bound and all else is free. Freedom will 
spring up with a mighty growth, made rich with warm blood, fresh from hu- 
man hearts, even when humanity is offering up her sons on the altar of free- 
dom. Even then a child shall be begotten that shall declare for you all 
what your mission is amongst the inhabitants of earth; what your mission is 
in returning back to earth again. Then humanity will receive their inheri- 
tance, and they will hold it forever and ever, as long as time rolls on.” Then 
the holy child of God breathed out of Mary’s body and left her calm. 

Hight o’clock was approaching, and the band that was to enter the city 
begun to gather. Forty-four came forward, and Cornelins said, “May God 
and his angels assit you, but linger not within the gates lest you return not 
again.” Martha and Lazarus had come, and knelt beside Mary and Jesus 
all the time Mary was controlled, and when she awoke from her trance she 
saw them there. And then she burst into tears again and said, “Holy God, 
I bless thee that I have looked once more upon my dear brotker and sister.” 
There they sat and conversed upon the fearful changes in that once happy 
family. Jesus answered, “Dear Martha, we shall all meet where those 
dreadful changes cannot come. No heathen bigots can come between us and 
our God.” Even then they heard a shout go up, and Bartholomew lay at 
the feet of Mary four battle axes, and shouted, “Hell’s damned will soon be 
upon us, but we will defend ourselves.” Then they counted all that was 
able to defend the people, and they numbered four hundred and eight, all 
armed with battle axes. Then they held a council, and Cornelius said, 
“The females and children must be cared for, else they will be damned ere 
they die.” He said, “Let them be removed into the forest, and have them 


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lie down and keep as quiet as possible.” Jesus, and Mary, and Lazarus, 
were borne away with them, and our brother was borne along in our arms. 
- Bartholomew raised Mary once more, even as a mother would raise her 
babe, and the friends assisted Lazarus. We lay Jesus and Mary down to- 
gether, covered them over, and they both fell asleep and slept on, although 
there was a fearful conflict going on at the same time. As I gazed upon 
them I exclaimed, “Sleep on, angels will guard you until morning dawns.” 
When the heathens found we had entered their city, they called together 
all of the confessors and idolatrous worshippers. They armed themselves 
with what battle axes there was left, and the rest armed themselves. with 
javalins and spears. They numbered eleven hundred. They sought to 
surprise us, but we were ready and waiting. Then we begun our work in 
earnest. I saw bright forms everywhere among the Hebrews, and I saw 
Leiah breathe into Bartholomew’s body, and his daughter controlled Judas. 
When they drew near I saw Bartholomew in the midst of the confessors, and 
heads fell at every blow. The battle was short but fearful. Eight priests 
stood together and I saw Judas dart forward toward them, and ere any one 
could come to their rescue, he laid them alllow. Then they fled us in great 
confusion, but Bartholomew followed them for a time, and every one that 
came within his reach he laid low. But when he came back, and the influ- 
ence left him, he became like a child. He asked me “How many of our peo- 
ple were slain.” I answered, “Five have been laid low and one maimed. 
Let us bury our dead,” I said, “ere morning dawns, and not disturb the poor 
sufferers with this night’s events, and we will gather the heathen together 
and count their slain.” Bartholomew answered, “I believe God helped me. 
I was as light as a feather, and it seemed to me as if heads were flying every 
where.” I said, “Leiah controlled you, else you could never accomplished 
such a mighty work.” “Glory to God,” he shouted; “Leiah is a holy thing, 
and his daughter is an angel of light.” We then prepared to bury our dead. 
We dug a grave big enough for them all, when they were laid in their bed 
of rest, Cornelius knelt in prayer and asked God to bear away their spirits 
from confusion; then we covered them over. ‘Then we begun to gather up 
the heathen, and their number was two hundred and five. ‘Them we heaped 
up in a pile and covered them o’er with brush. Then Cornelius said, “Let 
us go to the holy children of Abraham, and if they are resting let them rest, 
as the children are being filled with fever, because of their sleeping on the 
damp ground.” Then we all bathed in the brook, and then went to the poor, 
distressed people. Many had been reared in luxury, and such exposure was 
more than they could bear. Morning dawned upon them, and chilly winds 
blew across the country, and we knew we must begin our journey. I called 
to the people to arise and begin our long and tedious journey towards Jeru- 
salem. The children were crying, and the people were chilled through and 
through. Mary awoke and found herself beside her boy, and she was calm 


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and collected. She remembered everything from the time that Je:us fled to 
the mountains, even to the present hour. Her children came before her, 
even in that desolate cdndition, and she looked upon them with that calm 
resignation that ever bespeaks a holy submission to the will of God. Jesus 
awoke and reached out his hand and laid it on Mary’s head, and breathed a 
prayer for her and her family that were around them. This was his prayer: 
“Holy Creator, God, bear along my mother until her death shall bless hu- 
manity, and then let her breathe in spirit with her own beloved family for- 
ever in a brighter world beyond, where sorrow cannot come. oly God, 
let thy children assist us and bear us along until we can bless thy children 
in all the earth, and faithful let us be unto thee, thou God of humanity.” 
He then arose and said, “Assist my mother, she cannot arise; her strength 
has left her, and she must be borne along by the strong arms of Bartholo- 
mew and Mark, and let Peter lead Lazarus, and let Simon and Judas assist 
with the children. Simon, the son of Stephen, had come to us, and his beau- 
tiful sister had followed him, fearing harm would befall him. She was frail 
as a lily, and was an angel bright. Her love for her brother caused her to 
forget toil and danger as long as she could stand upon her feet. Yet as she 
journeyed along with us, day by day she faltered, until she could not stand 
upon her feet, then the brother folded her to her bosom and bore her along 
with holy resignation. 

Ere we could start we were commanded to bring in the children that 
were sick, that they could be cooled of their fever by the same law that we 
cleansed the leper and caused the palsied man to say, “T am healed.” Then 
we moved forward, and that day we made two leagues. As night closed in 
we halted on a hillside, near a brook. Here we built a fire and they baked 
their bread. Ere they ate, they all knelt in prayer, and then they ate and 
lay down to sleep. Day by day we continued in this manner, until the 
eleventh day, then Lazarus died in the night and we buried him in the 
morning. But ere that, Simon’s sister had ceased to breathe, and we lay her 
down to rest, a8 a holy thing, in her earthy bed. Not one thousandth part 
of the suffering could be told by any recorder on earth. Among the multi- 
tude they were dying hourly, and our number was increasing hourly, and 
as I gazed upon them in their despair I could but exclaim, “O, thou children 
of holy blood, thy hopes are blasted earthy. ‘Thou wilt all perish and be 
forgotton by man, but God will fold you in his bosom as holy things befitting 
his own kingdom of light. There you will be rewarded for all this suffering 
heaped upon you by heathen brutes in human form. O, ye beastly damned, 
God will dash you to pieces in his own due time for blasting his own cre- 
ated, his children. Live, O live, all ye holy things that have been created in 
Holland’s blood. God has cleansed it for his own. That holy blood has 
flown in crimson streams ere this, in order to establish a belief in a living 


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God, and it will flow again and again until all earth is cleansed of its heathen 
bigots, priests and confessors, and its hypocricy and deceit. . O, Holland, 
thou art the holy attraction for argels bright, and thy children will be scat- — 
all o’er earth, and the power of good from thee,, my God, will fill their 
hearts and their homes until thy holy begotten will fill all earth with thy 
glory.” Then I saw the child of God approach me, and she folded her arms 
about me. And then I saw deep into the future. There I saw a form, and 
and as I stood beside her, I said, “Are you the holy spirit that come to me 
when I was journeying along with my brother, Jesus, in his’ hour of need?” 
Her answer was, “John, thou wert my brother then, thou art my brother now, 
and we will labor together here where freedom has been established and 
Holland set her'seal through the holy blood of Poland’s sons. They fought 
for an enslaved people, they died for that people, and their holy blood set 
the seal of freedom where we will declare the presence of the hebrew family 
and their coming back to earth to finish up what could not be accomplished 
by their lives. And their death could not set the seal for the freedom of 
human souls. And then, dear brother John, let us lay the foundation that 
cannot be shaken by time; where every knee'can bow, and every heart re- 
joice, in the fullness of God’s treedom, for ali of his children in every clime.” 
My heart was beating for that holy child of God, and I exclaimed, “Let me 
live on earth until I have seen my earth labor rewarded, and I can bear 
back my angel sister to that home of light.” ‘Then I heard my brother, Je- 
sus, call me, and I seemed to awake as from a dream. . When I reached him 
I said, ‘Brother, God has unveiled the future, and I have seen earth chang- 
ed, and heathen priests and confessors were chained and. bound forever.” 
“Amen,” he said; “then let. God direct us, if it be to the cross, and let. us 
bow to the necessity of God’s children until they can discern clearly that 
God has designed them for a higher and holier life beyond.” | Then Mary 
breathed deep and said, “Heaven will blend her light with earth until all 
becomes light, and it must be accomplished through the humble children of 
his own created. In the bosom of affection then they will breathe harmony 
instead of discord, and then, indeed, God will be made manifest through his 
children, and they will live to glorify the infinite, that will find a resting 
place in their own beings, and divine inspiration will be the handmaiden that 
will bedeck their inner lives, and the holy angels bright will be their com- 
panions. Then death will lose its sting, and the grave its victory, and as 
they gaze beyond, they will robe themselves in light, and love will attract — 
them to their own condition, and then they will all exclaim God doeth all 
things well for them that put their trust in him.” 

It being now high noon, and the.poor famished children of J udea were 
_ sitting on the ground to rest. And I said to Mary, “Have you had anything 
_ to eat?” Her answer was, “I have had nothing since yesterday noon.” I 
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bread or a spoonful of meal, and they are suffering: everywhere with hun- 
ger.” He bowed his head and a deep groan came welling up from his very 
soul, as he answered, “John, the holiest gift God gave to me I give to thee, 
my mother. Care for her, John, when I am gone, it is all I ask; and now, 
if it is possible for you to send to Joppa, bring bread for my mother. I can- | 
not but die, but Mary must linger—it isher destiny.” Bread I could not 
buy, but I saw a herdsman and I said to him, “Drive a bullock into the 
“midst of the people, and let him be slain there that they may save the blood, 
and I will give you ten scruples in gold.” He took the gold and drove the 
bullock into the midst of the people. They killed him there and saved the 
blood for the poor starving children, and then cut it up into small pieces and 
gave it to them all. Jesus took his piece and held it away from him and 
said, “This is the last morsel of food that will ever pass my lips earthy.” 
Then he said, “Come hither my faithful followers; come let us once more 
sit together in the presence of Almighty God, and eat to his glory for the 
last time on earth.” Twelve of us sat around him, and ere we tasted we 
all knelt in prayer. My brother’s voice came deep and clear, and then he 
prayed, “Blend, O blend, thy bread of life with this our earthy food, and may 
our souls be filled with light from thee. Bless thy children, O Creator God, 
and in our anguish let us bow and kiss the rod, if it be for the highest good, 
for thee,and humanity. let the angels bear witness this was the last: mor- 
sel of food that passed the lips of any that died on the day of the crucifixion.” 
When we reached the valley north of Joppa, and encamped, we were entirely 
at a loss to know what to do. ‘The faithful followers gathered together and 
held a council. It was decided that we should make our way into Jerusa- 
lem, hoping the hungry Hebrews would be fed, if nothing more, and my 
brother said the king was once his friend, and he hoped he would save him 
from the cross, and the Hebrew'children from starvation. That was our 
last hope. Frail as it was, we had none other. We knew if we remained 
there it was but to starve. Turn back we could not. Jerusalem was the 
only place for us, and there we fled. How can I goon? My heart beats 
when I look upon those painful hours of suffering and despair. Their hun- 
ger was cramping, and death was relieving the poor emaciated bodies. that 
had dragged themselves along to this holy valley, where the holy Caldean 
children had encamped four thousands of years before, because the heathen 
priests had sought to cut off all of the sons of Caldea, because they did believe 
in a living God. Here the same springs were still gushing up fresh from the 
bosom of earth, for a people that were compelled to become outcasts in the 
land of strangers. - Here the holy blood of Caldea and Judea, blended to- 
gether, by the Caldeans being driven from their own kingdom, and seeking 
rest in this holy valley, their descendants were held for a time unmixed, 
but in the course of time they mixed with Judea’s children, and their de- 
scendants were called Hebrews. Judea’s children descended from Benja- 


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min, and Caldea children from Joseph. And now this holy blood that had 
been persecuted from time to time, as they had ever held the God of Abra- 
ham before them. And the heathen bigots had ever sought to cut off all 
that declared Abraham’s God, and now as the anointed priests had become 
mighty in the land, they were determined to cut off every Hebrew, and de- 
stroy them root and branch. Highteen hundred years ago, that was the con- 
dition of the eastern country, and what is it to-day? Answer, O ye blood — 
of Abraham. In all the nations of the earth I find you still, and ye know 
not that the same influences are at work in ancient Rome. Beware! Be- 
ware! Lest the blood of Joseph and Benjamin are again compelled to flee 
their homes and seek rest in some distant valley or be trampled beneath the 
feet of heathen, idolatrous worshippers. They are already prepared to de- 
stroy all that will not bow to the idols that they hold before the poor, deluded 
_creatures, that have been reared in the bosom of delusion, and drag out a 
life in fear of the Pope and Priest, and not say our Father and our God is 
here in our midst. And J, John, have watched those changes and know its 
meaning. | 

After we had decided what to do, we knelt in prayer, and then a holy 
calm came over.us, and we said, one to the other, we will enter Jerusalem, 
and there we shall find rest, even if it be death. I shouted, “Holy children 
of Abraham, we are going home.” I did know my brother would be hung 
on the cross. I did know I must die, and I did know we should find rest 
beyond God’s ether blue, and my soul was filled with that light drawn from 
eternal distance. And I declared God’s presence, and the presence of his 
angel children, even as I declare now the presence of God’s angel children, 
here on earth. They are the Hebrew family, Joseph and his family, and the 
faithful followers of their first born, Jesus. Who dares point the finger of 
scorn at that holy angel brother, and declare he is an illegitimate begotten ; 
he has not eternal life within him, and God will not hold him guiltless that 
dares to seek to cast a stain on the holiest thing he ever created, through 
the holy blending of two hearts that beat in holy adoration to their God, and 
holy love one for the other. Live, O live, ye children of the living God, and 
declare his ever presence, and the presence of his angel children in spirit, 
and you, child of God, in Abraham’s_ blood, are my sister, and I am thy 
brother, because you have been faithful to us, in laying down our histories, 
and may Almighty God baptize you with his holy spirit, and may you find 
rest in the bosom of the angel band that you have blessed by inscribing for 
them, truths they have borne along for more than eighteen hundred years. 
They belonged to humanity, and they could not lay them down until they 
could find some one through which they could breathe their whole life, as it 
was, that they could be known as they were, as they are, men and women 
in the past, in the present, and in the future, God’s own and not heathen 
bigots. It has been declared by my brother, Jesus, why he returned to 











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enetn afier his absence from here of seventeen hundred and twenty-four 

years and eleyen months, that he could finish up what had been begun by 

his death, that was, to destroy idolatrous w orship, and that God could be glo- 

rified through his own created children. | Holy Creator, God, blend thy life 

with those that hold these pages before them, that they may fully under- 

stand my declaration of what I saw, and heard, and know, relative to Joseph - 
and Mary, and their first born, Jesus. His life and his death was deman led 
by humanity, and they still demand another human sacrifice in order 

they may believe, God must be glorified through his children. 

When we were preparing to begin our last day’s journey, and I had _as- 
sisted my brother to his feet, Seth came to me and said, “There isa Jewish 
chariot come, and the man made inquiry fer you.” I said, “Jt is my father 
and my sis'er.” At that moment my sister alighted and came near. I saw 
sne was bowed with grief, and her heart was breaking. “Holy God,” I ex- 
claimed, “how came you here in the midst of death and despair?” Her an- 
swer was, “Dear brother, John, do go home with us; father is waiting for 
you.” I folded her to my bo-om, and I longed to die there in her holy «m- 
brace. Ali she could say was, “John, dear John, do go home with us.” Her 
heart was beating fearfully as I gave her answer, “Sister, God's demand _ is 
upon me. I must die for declaring God's presence and the presence of his: 
children in spirit.” Then/she said, “If you do not go, dear John, my fath-. 
ers heart will break, and my mother will mourn away her life for her son, 
and how can we, your sisters, live without you?” I said to. her, “Look. 
dear sister, look! Where canI go? If I go home you will all be cut off, 
and if. I See, where can I tlee? Every country is filled with priests and 
confessors, and they would not rest until I was laid low. Go back to my 
father and say to him that ere eight days he will be cut off by these fiends 
of darkness, that I am about to lay down my life to destroy. But ere it can 
be accomplished humanity must suffer by these brutes in human form, and 
you, my dear sister, and the four that are at home, as well as my dear moth- 
er, will be crushed to death by the heathen brutes that are even now filling 
Jerusalem. My father will be called into council, and ere he returns you 
will all be damned by the brutes that will enter your home, and. when he 
returns you will all be dead.” JT said, “My father foresaw it, and h’s heart 
is filled with despair. He does know the Jews wil! be cut off, but God will 
hold enough of his true and faithful to savour all earth, and a mighty power 
will make conditions for us to return to earth and leave light enongh to bless 
all people, in all climes, if they will be blessed by truth bereft of fiction. 
Now go, dear sister, and say to my father I cannot come to him now, but TI: 
will be beside him when the battle axe falls upon him, and then I will béar- 
him away, with his family, into a holier condition than earth can ever o1Vve e 
him more.” My sister wept as if her heart would break, and said, “My: 

farher will die, ay mother will die, and ve must all die, for you, Cear broth 


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er, being a heretic. | Leave this rabble, John, and if we must die, let us die 
together.” “No, dear sister,” I said, “that cannot be. I must lay down all 
I have for my brother and the holy cause of freeing humanity from the dark 
stain of heathen idolatrous worship.” Here my sister bowed her head and 
said, “John, God will hold you in his bosom forever, while many will be cast 
out into darkness. I will go back to my father and tell him all.” As she 
was entering the chariot my father saw a band of confessors drawing nigh, 
and he was compelled to haste back to the city. 

I did follow my brother until he hung upon the cross. There he called 
me and said, “John, come hither.” I drew as near as I could, on the account 
of the guard that was about him, and then he said, “Do care for my mother, 
and Gud will bless you forever.” That was after Mary was dragged away, 
but I answered, “I will care for Mary.” I sought her among the Hebrews, 
but she was no where to be found. I made inquiry, and was tuld she was- 
dragged away by four confessors, beyond the hill, Then I knew she was 
beyond my reach, as in that direction they were cutting off all that attempt- 
ed to escape. This was about four o’clock in the afternoon. The heathen 
brutes had begun their work of death. Heads were being cut off every- 
where. “After I had looked for Mary, and could not find her, I made my 
way again toward the cross, that I could look once more on that holy broth- ~ 
er. He had called for water, and as Judas was about to hold’ it to his lips, 
_I saw the cup dashed from his hand by an anointed priest. Then my 
brother said, “As you dash that cup from me, Almighty God will dash you 
to pieces, in his own due time.” And as I found I could do nothing more, I 
fled in the confusion, and sought the forest, and I attempted to cross the 
border country, bearing toward the Caspian sea, but on the fourth day I 
was beheaded by a confessor that had followed me from Je:usalem. Here, 
I may add, my father was beheaded, and my mother and five sisters were 
damned, and died at the hand of the confessors. 

Here I will close my earth history, in a part, but had I given all that 
could have been given, relative to this matter, I should have inscribed many 
a chapter where I have left it a blank. Here I would say, farewell friends 
of humanity. If I were not commanded tu make crooked ways straight, 
then I should not return to you. Ihave been called John the Evangelist, 
but so far as any evangelical doctrines, I never knew ought of them. Then 
how can you call me what I never knew aught of, as there was nothing of 
that sort when I walked the earth, unless you make the application because 
I was a dispenser of the Jewish doctrines. I acknowledge I was educated 
to that belief, and so far as my being a baptist, I never knew ought. of such 
an ism until I returned to earth in eighteen hupdred and. twelve, and I do 
deny baptizing any. But I do know I was baptized by the spirit of the liv- 
ing God, and it fills my whole being. And my life has been dedicated to 
the glory of God, in seeking to bless his children, and I would have my 





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works de lave me as bam, a min listory deviaces that L am blood) kin 
to tiie ioly man, Jesus. i ack owled oo hist my srocher, ie spicit, bus uot 


by blood. Lis father’s b)cod was tali iiebren 5 vis mother’s bl od wi. ile- 


brew, throush Sodom’s bor ders Mi fatoen and mether’s blo dowas. fall 
Jude's tl» Hf, even direct trou Deu) atin Gilldin a 

W «oT was behe det & was tairiy-s ven years and two months «iad 
twenty-eight days. Llere binave b eo oo war infity-six yea s acd three vs, 
hop ng ty finish up for hacauity that woich was sy om by ony liteand diy 
and bear testimony of him who died for rath’s sake. A dif hums. is 
to by blessed by my comius, then I will sa., eve God tre glory forthe 2. od 
tha: ha-b en done through his humble er ated-chilt, Jolin 3ut now, aa J 
am abou: to say farewell, I would bring ‘etore you God’s humble sere, 
that has I ght you know not of, and yo: cauuo comprehend the glory of 
God that is about her, as her days are devoted to holy rev: la ions, and the 
holy augels are her companions. How is man to compr head her but by the 
light that is breathed upon her, and she gives it light by iuscribing it iu life 
lines that can never die. My father, my mother, and my a gel sisters call 
me, and I must goto them. And you, dear sister, may you be held from 
the blasting hate and jealousy of those that would gladly destroy the body, 
and trample you beneath their feet, if they could obtain the diamonds within, 
because they do all know you have gifts they have not, neither can they 
have in this life, or the life beyond. | Live, O live, until humanity may be 
blessed by your holy inscriptions, that shall live when you cease to be in 
mortil form. When your journey is ended, I will come and bear you be- 
yond the reach of humanity. There will be a home prepared for thee, 
where you will draw light from eternal light, forever, eternal and forever. 
Your days have been days of toil, and humanity has been blessed by thee, 
by being healed of disease, hearts freed from care, and light has dawned up- 
on them, that they could discern their way more clear. Behold the glory 
of God through his works. His flocks and herds cover Mount Hoab. The 
stars give light by night, and the sun bespeaks his glory by day. And here, 
in the presence of God’s children, I must bid you farewell, here, hereafter, 
forever, eternal and forever. I am your brother, you are my sister. I am 
your friend and brother, John, the humble man that fled his home and _ be- 
come a beggar among men, that God could be acknowledged by his own 
created children, in every country and in every clime, and that God’s angel 
children may breathe comfort to their friends still in earth forms. But how 
can I address thee, O men in priestly robes, that are teaching that which 
they do not believe, in order to chain human souls to heathen devices, that 
have been held by the crafty priesthood, that they may live in ease and 
have all of their desires gratified, and that they can hold humanity in dark- 
ness, because they know full well if they teach them the true knowledge, 
they will rise and say, earn your bread or starve; your are our brother man 


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and nothing more. Now live as a brother and we will treat you as a broth- 
er, else we will hurl you from us as a filthy thing, then you will know how 
you have dealt with us. Become honest citizens, and live according to the 
law of the living God, and not command tie child to bring their la:t penny 
to fill your coffers, when. they need it for bread. ‘ Light alone will free the 
people, and for that purpose I am here, dwelling among men, and it is for 
that purpose I have a demand upon children of light in every country of the 
inhabitable globe. Light, holy has been thy rays from creation’s dawn, and 
when it finds a resting place in the human mind, God is glorified through 
his own creations, and the inner life blends with the Almighty whole. An- 
gel brothers, God is here. Let us swear to defend the helpless, care for the 
needy, and light the dark passage of humanity to a brighter world beyond. 
In the holy of holies I will meet them. There we will kneel upon the 
square, and draw each line by the compass, forever, eternal aud forever. 

Holy light, I bow before thee and ask for thy rays divine to find a resting 
place in every human mind, here, hereafter, eternal and forever, is the hum- 
ble prayer of John, the friend and brother of the humble man called Jesus 
of Nazareth. Friends and brothers, farewell forever earthy. | 

OcroseR 26, 1870. 


I, John, feela duty due humanity, which if I leave without laying down 
my whole burden, earth may demand my presence again, but when I> am 
freed I would be free forever. 


NOTES ON! HISTORY AS IT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN THROUGH JUDEA’s 
BLOOD. | 


Josephus was a partial historian. In the first place he gave but the fair 
side of Judea’s doings and sayings, and his hate against the Hebrews knew 
no bounds, and as for the heretics, he would have destroyed them all if he 
could, and among the rest he had a fearful hate against Jesus, as he felt he 
had deluded me with heresy, and for that he persecuted the Hebrews with 
more deadly hatred than before. In his history of Judea’s children did he 
give any account of the heathen priests destroying Judea’s fairest | flowers, 
that bloomed upon her borders? No! He withheld that from his works, 
yet he was cognizent of it all. His knowledge was clear relative to the 
laws of the land, yet he gave it but in part. And now’a partial historian ‘is 
to be criticised by facts that did exist, and must now be made plain. Jose 
phus declares that Judea’s kings were holy people. If holiness consists in 
drunkenness and debauchery, then they were holy. He declares the coun- 
try was filled with light. If heathen idolatrous worship was light, then we 
have nothing to say; and when the anointed priests had a right to enter the 
homes of the Hebrews, and slay the men for naught but being Hebrews, and 
crushing their females with their brute desires, then bid defiance to Judea’s 


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king and council, holding themselves in condition to do battle if they were 
in the least disturbed. Did the council ever dare condemn a heathen unless 
he was first handed over to the priesthood, and they give him over to have 
the Jaws enforced? How was it with Caiphas and the king’s home ? Does 
Josephus declare that he, Caiphas, diseased the king’s concubines and damn- 
ed his dauzbters, and even diseased the queen, and she died with that dis- 
ease? Does he declare that the heathen priests alone, gave in marriage, 
even Judea’s children, and if he chose to hold the damsel that had been 
united to the one of her choice, for days in his chamber, before he gave her 


_up to her husband, that crushed husband dared not ask a question why it 


was so, arid if he could receive her to his bosom alive, he would receive her 
and hold his peace; and if a priest or confessor demanded his wife in after 
time, he dare not cross the threshold of his own home until they had de- 
parted, and if his companion bore children, and among them were holy 
daughters, dare he say aught against the heathen confessors holding them at 
their will and pleasure? No, he dare not, knowing full well it would be his 
doom to die, even if he were Judean, Hebrew or heretic. ‘These things did » 
exist in all of the land, but does Josephus declare aught of it? No! No! 
No! But he writes all that could reflect credit for Judea’s inhabitance, 
therefore I must say he is a partial historian, for history imbodies the whole, 
whether good or evil, and here I am declaring what I know to be facts; and 
nothing more. I have held these facts for ages; they belong to humanity, 
and I shall leave them in their hands, and they can do with them what they 
choose. 

Freed, O freed, holy God, I am for ever, and could I but unchain human 
souls, that are bound to heathen devices that are cursing God’s created, even 
in this age, and in this holy land of freedom. Arise, O ye holy sons and 
daughters. Children of light dare ask Almighty God if he has forged chains 
for the spirit when the body is free. Look, O Look ye, to the life beyond, 
and if you discern clearly, you will see that all bespeaks freedom, unless you 
bind yourselves. Even if you are bound here, who is to unbind you here- 
after? None! None! They that have enslaved you are enslaved them- 
selves, and ages on ages may pass away, and none will say to you, arise, 
there is light keyond ; a home for thee and all humanity that ask, and ask 
aright. Breathless, I gaze into the future, and see what I never saw be- 
fore. Mighty changes among earth’s inhabitants. Holy children will be 
born that will attract holy lights around them, and that light will surely 
reach every heart and every home in all the earth. Then priestcraft, no 
matter under what name it may come, will smolder in ashes because the 
holy blending with the angel world will surely lead them, and lead them 
aright, and teach the childen of men to ask for knowledge. And who will 
teach them but the sou's that are freed from earth. Then there will surely 


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be one glad song go welling up fo the first great cause. Hozanna! Ho- 
zanna! Glory to God and good will to man, forever and eternally. Holy 
God, I will praise thee for letting me behold the future ere I pass beyond to 
my home of rest. This hour will be held before me as a comforter, when I 
cannot watch earth and its changes. But I know it will be fufilled, and 
God’s glory will fill all time, all space, and he will be glorified through bis 
children, even here.on earth. John, once the Jewish dispenser, and now a 
servant of Almighty God. 


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CHAPTER IV. 
TESTIMONY OF BARTHOLOMEW. 


EXTRACTS OF BARTHOLOMEW, THE APOSTLE OF THE HUMBLE NAZARENE. 


I have come back to earth determined to give facts concerning my jour- 
neying around the country with the first born of Joseph ard Mary, Jesus of 
Nazareth, as he was called then, and the same application is given him now. 
But another name was hurled at him, in derision, by a priest in a catholic 
council, when they were discussing the subject whether to hold him before 
the people as an idol, or whether they should hurl him from them as a Ge- 
spised thing. One priest arose and said, “He is a Christ and he ought to 
be cut off from all church creeds, and his records ought to be brought to- 
gether and burned, as he is a controller in hell, else he would not have done 
what he did when a priest aimed a blow at his head, and ere he could di- 
rect the blow his armed dropped down by his side, and he could not raise it. 
Then the crazy fool shouted, ‘Holy Creator, God, thy electric law has saved 
me from death, and now do you think that such an unworthy man ouglit to 
be held as an idol, when he cursed all idols, priests and confessors? And 
now, if you hold him as an idol, under the name of Jesus of Nazareth, I will 
flee you forever.” Then another priest arose to his feet and said, “As the 
priest hates the name of Jesus of Nazareth we will call him the Christ, and 
if he is the controller in hell, he will have enough to do in order to hold the 
affected heathens that are becoming so numerous that th: y must be held by 
fear.” Then the one that had addressed them before, sprang to his feet and 
said, “Excellent. Then we will have a Christ, and make the affected fools 
afraid to hold themselves away from confession. Even the true worshippers 
at the Holy Catholic Church have dared to deny their daughters being 
held atter confession, and if we are denied that comfort what are we to do? 
Then we are not allowed to marry, what shall be done ? Heretofore the 





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priest had a right to hold all the females he had a desire for, and the faith. 
ful followers were ever ready to bring their daughters, as well as their 
wives, whenever we wanted them, and there were no questions asked if we 
saw fit to detain them for days. And children were ever being begotten by 
us, and none asked why they had them to support, and whenever we could 
find one that was intelliyent, we could take them at our will and pleasure, 
and educate him for a priest. But in despite of our efforts, we are loosing 
ground daily, and if something is not done to hold them in fear, we shall be 
compelled to live as other men live, with one female, and that we could never 
endure. But they shall bow to the law of Moses, and come to us when we 
desire them.” Then an aged priest arose and said, “We were compelled to 
do what we did do, form ourselves into a body, as the crazy heretics had 
scattered their ideas among the heathens relative to females being held by 
anointed priests and confessors, and they were fools enough to hold them- 
selves from confession until the priests were compelled to force them, by a 
decree, to come to their relief. And now we must have an idol they all 
do know did live, and if you want Jesus we will have him, but if you want 
John then we will have him. It matters not which, as John scattered her- 
esy, even as much as the crazy fool of a Hebrew, the first born of Joseph and 
Mary. Now choose which shall be held before the faithful followers of 
Moses. He was a priest and he begat an hundred and forty-four children, 
and he was never bound to any. His concubines were ever ready at his 
will and pleasure. and as we bow to him as a director, let us share the pleas- 
ure of his life, even as he did, and if we can hold control over the heathen 
people let us give them an idol, one they all know did live, that we can be 
comforted, even as Moses was comforted. Then the council remained in 
session four days, ere they could decide what was best to do for an idol. As 
they knew Jesus had become more notorious than John, among the heathen, 
by his many acts, which could not be denied, they came to the . conclusion it 
was better to take the humble child of Joseph aud Mary as thei: ido], under 
the name of christ, which is, when truly translated from the heathen dialect, 
a controller in hell. Now, here I am to defend my brother, lest he should 
be accused of being the instigator of such a heathen plot as being held be- 
tween Almighty God and his children, as mediator. _ Does God ask man to 
assist him in hi3 wondrous formations, and in holding his myriads of worlds 
in harmony, one with the other? Then how is it that the heathen bigots 
still chain and hold control of the human mind, and cause ideality to bow 
to priestcraft, hypocrisy, deceit and hell? Hell is ignorance, and ignorance 
lays the foundation for the ambitious to chain and bind the lesser mind, and 
these are the souls that ‘are chained and bound by the crafty priesthood. 
And what are your isms to-day, but the devices of crafty man, in order he 
may live in.ease and splendor, while the humble laborer can toil on from 


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is asleep.” I asked him if I could go home to-morrow. | “We will talk 
“about it.” The doctors and lawyers. still, called for strong drink, but 1 
dropped down beside the King exhausted. I heard-him call for another of 
his servants to come and serve his guests,. I saw,, Leiah ; he folded me to 
his bosom, and I knew. no more until I found myself in my own bed, and 
the stn was high. I arose and thought how Caiphas had:-struck me. I 
said aloud, “I am going home.” It was the first time I was’ éver, struck ‘in 
-tmy life. The King sent for me and said. “boy, you are not happy here.” 
I answered, “the children are good and kind to me, and you are a good 
King, but Caiphas struck me, and I Must. go home to my father and 
mother.” The King answered, “I will see your father and mother, and we 
will discuss the subject.” “All is well,” I said, then I went back to the 
‘children. hy Titi seoions 
Days, weeks and months passed by, and I heard no more of the feast, but 
one day as I was cleaning the King’s mantle; I heard Caiphas say, “if her- 
esy is not put a stop to, we shall all be compelled to flee the country.” I 
said, “flee hell, and you are safe:” . Leiah breathed upon me; I heard the 
words, but I could not suppress them. Caiphas | started as if he had been 
_ hit with lightning. He exclaimed, “this Hebrew boy. will damn us all if 
‘he ‘is petted so much by you all here.” J answered again, “Holy, eternal 
distance is his home, and God will bear him away from you all before flow- 
ers bloom again.” “See,” said Caiphas, ‘he is filled with heresy, and he 
shall be burned alive if I hear any more of it.” I was filled with fear, and 
after Caiphas had gone I said “Good King, can I go home ?” . He an- 
swered, “your father is a hard working man, and you will make one more, 
but if you will remain in my home with my children I will do all. I can for 
you, and in due time you shall be educated according to the Jewish ritualsin 
order to become a controller in the rites of Judeaism.” I answered, “Cai- 
phas will hold contro! until he destroys all of your beautiful daughters, be- 
cause he has already damned the oldest one, and she is in her thirteenth 
year.” The King gave a deep groan as he said, “the priesthood will destroy 
me and mine.” My heart ached, for I knew he would drag out a misera- 
ble existence in constant fear of being destroyed.” He then said, ‘call’ the 
chamberlain, he will change your clothes for some that: are befitting your 
condition in life, but they shall be new and clean. , Here, dear boy, is an 
hundred pieces of silver, carry it to your father that he can educate: you.” 
“Farewell, good King,” I said, “God bless you.” I then fled that home of 
infamy, drunkenness, priests and hell. oA L. cool 
When I said farewell to the children, they .began to ery and said, “stop, 
Jesus, we have a cloak for you, and we have wrought your name with 
threads of gold.” I took it, threw it over my shoulders, and hurried away. 
I, too, was filled with grief for the children., 


CHAPTER IX, 


Mary oth me ‘and folded me to her bosom as she At “Holy God, I 

praise thee that thou hast brought back my boy, a holy thing, from that den 
of pollution.” I answered, “Mary, lam what I was when I entered there, 
| but I am older and have seen a great deal of iniquity.” The children all 
; gathered around me and I said, “you. are happy in your, humble life, may 
God keep you there.” Martha and Lazarus both exclaimed,. “God bless 
“you, my dear Jesus, how glad we are you have come.” When Joseph 
“came home he blest me over and over again, and said, “Holy, Eternal God 
has held you, else you could never have come back: to me a holy thing from 
that den of debauchery and drunkenness.” 
___The hour came for prayer, and a holy calm fell over us ; ; that home was 
lighted up by angels, and I heard a hymn chanted by that holy band. After 
prayers were ue Martha said, “I feel heaven, is here with her holy 
children.” I arose to my feet and was controlled, and said, “there is to be 
a great excitement in court ; the boy will be borne there, but fear not, I 
will surely care for him and tte him back again ; his life is held by God 
for his eternal glory.” Then I heard a voice which said, “Holy, Eternal 
God, hold him from being dashed to, pieces, even therex: 

Now two months passed away in a holy calm, and we began to feel that 
the destiny described for Mary might not prove true, when a great commo- 
tion commenced in court ; It was from the hellish conduct of Caiphas among 
the Kings concubines. He had diseased them all ;_ the King. was also dis- 
eased, and the court decided that Caiphas should be made accountable for 
the misery he had caused. Our holy calm was broken by Leiah controlling 
me and bearing me in their midst. The council were discussing the. affair, 
and in their earnestness they forgot the night was wearing aw ay. Even 
while I was sleeping my controller bore me in their midst.at the eleventh 
hour. He held me there until the day dawned iu the east, and still they 
forgot the hour concerning the earthly and heaven! ly conditions of God’s 
wondrous works, and the King asked how it would be if the anointed 
priests were left to control the court altogether ? Leiah answered, “they 
would drag you and_ your family down to death and hell as they have al- 
ready begun to do, and your kingdom would become one vast field of drunk- 
enness, debauchery and crime, and hell would control forever ; but let God 
control and priests and confessors will flee the land.” After he had ceased 
to speak he bore me back again, and when I awoke at early dawn I was 
lying beside my brother James. He slept on while I conversed with my 
controller. He told me he had a work to do among the doctors and lawyers, 
then he would bear us all back again to our mountain home. “It will cause 
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she still lingered near to comfort him by her holy influence. As the sun had 
ceased to shine, and darkness was covering the earth, a messenger arrived 
from my father. He declared my father was waiting at the gates, and would 
not be comforted until I should come to him. I said to him, “God’s com- 
mand is upon me, and I must obey. Also say to him I will be at home on 
the morrow, ere the dark mantle covers the earth, and I will bring with me 
an ange] band that will bless him. Go now, and hasten back with bread, I 
hunger.” He hastened away and soon returned with bread. I went to 
Jesus and said, “You fed us with the bread of life, and I will feed you with 
barley bread.” He answered, “God bless you, dear brother, I am starving 
for bread, even now, but I forgot my hunger when God’s child folded me to 
her bosom, but in the bosom of John I am blessed.” I saw when the influ- 
ence left him, he fell-to the earth, and John knelt beside him, raised him up, 
and held him in his arms, and when I came to him with bread, his head 
rested upon John’s bosom. I said, “Who is this angel beside you?” He 
answered, “It is Leiah’s daughter.” Then I left him and hastened away 
and found rest with a Hebrew family beyond the hill. At early dawn I 
hastened back to the poor humble children of God, and we entered the city, 
fasting all that day. The humble Nazarene was controlled, healing the sick 
and declaring God. The day wore away and there was a great commotion 
among the people, and four of the faithful followers had been borne away 
by the order of Caiphas, and hung upon a gallows that had been prepared 
to hang Jesus upon, and as I saw the heathens approaching I caught Jesus 
up in my arms and fled into my father’s house, it being near by. As I en- 
tered there, the servant accosted me, and said, “The man you have in your 
arms is dead,” but I hastened along and lay him upon my own couch, a poor, 
blasted thing. Eight of the desciples followed me into the house and closed 
the gates after them. After Jesus had lain there for a time I accosted him 
thus, “How is it Leiah’s daughter shares your destiny ?” He answered, “Her 
father was once king of ancient Arabia, and he took an oath that he would 
free earth of heathen idolatrous worship, and his daughter is seeking to re- 
deem him from that oath, and they have controlled in all of the nations of 
the earth, declaring one God, and one God only, that is why they have held 
me from my childhood hours, even to the present, she has been beside me 
leading and guiding me through the many changes I been borne, else I 
could not Lave borne my burden until the hour comes for. my death, to 
establish tru'hs for all coming time.” I then asked him who would finish up 
what would be begun by his life and death. He reptied, “God’s angel child- 
ren, that are léading and guiding me to-day, will return back to earih after 
a time, and prepare the way for me to breathe truths for humanity that can 
never die. Then all coming ag:s will receive the lizht and wa'k therein.” 
I had this conversation with my holy brother in my father’s home, in the 
presence of John and Judas, also my father and mother. My mother wept 


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all the time he was speaking. Then he turned to her and said, “O, woman, 
thou art blessed with a home and friends, while my mother is an outcast and 
a beggar, with hardly garments enough to shield her from shame, while her 
feet are ofitimes sore and bleeding, while she has been driven about the 
country with a price set upon the heads of her family, and always upon the 
head of her first born. Why? Because they declared the God of Abraham 
and sought to worship in spirit and in truth.” Then my father bowed his 
head a:.d said, “I have but one son. H¢ is to lay down his life for life eter- 
nal in a brighter world beyond.” I answered, “Amen! Glory to God! I 
have been blessed by my fathers’s answer to the earnest desire of my heart.” 
Then Jesus bowed his head, and I saw a holy influence breathing her life 
‘into that frail body, even while he lay upon my couch. She breathed a 
prayer for my father and mother, and said, “Your boy will come to you af- 
ter he has finished his earth labor, and will remain beside you until he can 
bear you beyond, and there you will remain together, but he will return to 
the earth, when ages have passed away, and finish up what will be begun. 
His death is but one of the many that are demanded by humanity to ap- 
pease their unholy demand of an individual God. But when he breathes 
out of that earthy body he will bless you both by preparing a place for you, 
and it cannot be long, as you both are like the declining sun, that must set 
ere it can rise in a brighter and a holier condition. And you, my dear 
brother Bartholomew, will dwell in the holy of holies, beside my father, as 
he lay the foundation of God’s brotherhood ages ago.” I robed him for his 
labor, and his garments were prepared by a holier hand than mine. As I 
knelt with the holy breath of him that lay at my feet, his head was there 
that had contained the inner man. The arms were there that obeyed the inner 
life, but the rest of the bones we bore away in our own light, and lay them 
ee oT rs. Fon the ee Oe ee where 
none but Almighty God, my brother and myself ever knew. My father 
saw us kneeling there, but where he never knew. Iled him through the 
dark passage, he asked me not whither. I traced a holy word in the air and 
he breathed it, and nothing more, and the holy word he breathed was * 
* x * * * * Then my father breathed aloud and said, “The holy 
light from beyond eternal light fills my soul with love for my brother, and I 
could die for my brother, if need be.” Then I said, “Behold, dear father, 
the hand that traced those lines is at rest. Father, God draws his own 
lines, and none can pass it, but light from thine own inner light. Dear 
father,” Isaid, “will fillthis * * * * with light, and then you will 
discern more clear the lines that one traced in empty air. Now breathe a 
prayer, dear brother Bartholomew, breathe a prayer that I, with you, may 
share the holy life beyond God’s ether blue, there in the holy of holies you 
will find that holy breath that come to me when I was breathing a prayer 


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that my father would be blessed, here, hereafter, forever, eternal and forever; 
in that holy retreat.” We brought our emblems. denoting our readiness to 
begin our labor, for humanity.) "The Jabor did begin among my.own people— 
Arabia’s children—when my father was crowned king. over a holy people. 
God’s children were, there... He with them did share God’s holy love from 
eternal distance brought... That his own created could attract light from 
eternal light, and be blessed eternal and forever, I then arose to my feet | 
filled with astonishment that such intelligence should come from that poors 
humble man—one I was aware had never been initiated into the ordet® of 
freemasonry, and I. knelt beside him and said, “Brother, lay your palm in 
mine.” A gentle pressure bespoke the holy breath within, of the holy 
daugt ter of Leiah breathing through that angel form. I then said, “How is 
it your father was held from falling?’ Her answer was, “Light come to 
him and led him forward.” ‘Where did light lead him?” I asked. “Tnto 
the inner chamber, where his brother bade him enter,” she answered. “What 
did he do there?” I asked. “I robed him in garments beftting his condi- 
tion as a faithful worker and a true brother, and the holy breath was there 
and led him into the holy of holies. There we knelt in prayer for God’s 
faithful children everywkere. ‘There we begun a work for coming ages, ere 
earth changes could prepare the way; ere earth’s children could breathe 
that hcly name in empty air.” Here J knelt beside my brother and folded 
him to my bosom, as the holiest thing I had ever known. Even while the 
angel daughter of Leiah held control the influence breathed out of him, 
Even while I held that frail body in my arms, he dropped like one dead, 
and I lay him back on my pillow. Here John came forward and lay down 
beside him, and rested his cheek upon that of Jesus, and they both fell 
asleep. The spirit that had controlled Jesus breathed upon Judas and I ask- 
ed how it was, “that inspiration could hold earth from heathen idolatrous 
worship ?” He answered, “Knowledge from the living God alone can give 
light to the inhabitants of earth, and that alone will free them from darkness 
and fear. Fear of beholding God's glory as it is made manifest through his 
works, then we, with holy, eternal distance, may share holy revelations from 
his angel children that are preparing the way that we may share the light 
from eternal light, that is shinine everywhere, filling all time, all space. 
God is there. Holy, Almighty, as thou art, we are but of thee a part, and 
thou doth live in every human heart, and let us find a place in every angel 
breath, then earth will blossom like a rose, and Jehovah God will be eloii- 
fied through his own, his own beloved children” Then she added, “The 
hour is nigh for you to depart from here, but God will lead you Ligeti 
darkness into light beyond” 

Then she breathed out of that body, and Judas sat down beside me and 
said, “My heart is beating with love tor God and the human family,” and 
then I replied, “Here on earth my labor, but the fu'ure I cannot discern. 


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God holds his own secrets, but Ido know I shall soon leave earth and go 
home. There is my father and my mother, and I'their only son. No sister 
God ever gave to me in my earth home, but Leiah’s daughter is my sister 
and my friend. _ For her I would give God the glory for ever and ever. 
Amen.” 

‘ Since’ then, time has rolled away into the ocean of eternal past, and 


_upon its mighty surging waves I have been brought back to earth to work 


for humanity still. Where could Ihave lain down my burden if freedom 
had not set her seal and prepared the way forme? The inner chamber called 
her sons. They knelt in prayer; the holy breath gave answer, “God is 
here; you must be free.” Then the holy champion of liberiy rose to his 
feet and exclaimed, ““We must be free.” Here the line was drawn and the 
holy of holies set her seal. 


CHAPTER V., 


Friends of earth lam a spirit, even as Iam a friend and brother to you 
all. Iam Bartholomew, once Grand Chapter Master Worker in, the order 
of holy brother, Hiram, in the temple that, held his emblem, and it was kept 
bright and shining while I breathed)in mortal form, but when I had. ceased 
to be earthy, that holy chapter was blotted, and, that, holy,emblem was tram- 
pled beneath the feet.of darkness and heathen anointed priests, and we were 
compelled to leave that sacred spot, although in spirit, because their influence 
guarded every entrance, and forbade our presence. , But the grand Arch- 
bishop of us all snatched my brother’s emblem away from hell’s devices, and 
I find it resting in every faithful brother’s, heart that has been led by eternal 
light. Farewell to you, my faithful brothers, I would die for you, if need 
be. Farewell. Ihave my duty now to fulfil for all coming time, and I 
must go on. Light from thee, my God, from thee that I may bless humanity. 
I must begin where I left my home and fled to the foot of the mountain, 
where I remained among the rocks and crags, awaiting the hour that my 
prother should come down and be hung upon the cross. Forty days I lin- 
gered there in that desolate country, where naught but here and there a 
herdsman’s hut, and they the most ignorantof God’s human beings. John 
fied with mo and remained beside me as long as I breathed in my earthy 
body. I bore away with me gold, and I would go by night and buy barley 
bread enough to last us three and four days. Jobn fell sick, and I bathed 
him o’er and o’er with cold water, until his fever had subsided, and then I 
took my coat and wrapped around him and he fell asleep, and when he 
awoke he breathed deep, arid Leiah’s daughter controlled him, and her first 


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expression was, “Holy God, assist these, thy children, ere it is too late, 
Hold them from death that they may assist my brother on his joarney to 
Jerusalem, where it is decreed that he must be borne—where he must be of- 
fered up a human sacrifice for the dark, benighted children of earth, that are 
falling in darkness, because there are none to hold the light His light must 
be extinguished earthy, in o:1d+r that humanity may seek to light their tapers 


from eternal light. Holy, eternal God, assist them that they may not fall 


in darkness until they scatter light all over earth.” I then said, “Cannot his 
death upon the cross be avoided, and cannot we take him and flee in'o Cal- 
dea?” Her answer was, “If you would rob God of his glory, flee with my 
-anzel brother. But if you do, an hundred ages may pass. away ere another 
can be found that will accomplish the good for humanity, as the crucifixion 
of my brother, Jesus. His life has been holy; his death will be holy, and 
his influence will be holy. That will be left behind; but his death wiil not 
be held in the memory of any if you drag him away. He is a poor, bruised 
lamb, and must soon lay down his earthy body. | Let God be glorified thro’ 
his death, although it be adeath of agony.” Then the spirit breathed out 
into its own electric condition, and John slept on for hours. 

There I recorded what had been given through my brother, John, as I 
had done from the first hour I met my brother on the hillside. Leiah’s 


daughter came an sat down beside me and said, “Brother it is decreed you © 


must die, and you will find a home beyond, and in my father’s house there 
are many mansions, where they can dwell alone or with those they love. I 
am to dwell in my father’s home, where God’s children will all find rest, and 
you, dear brother, will be among the blessed.” Then she said, “My dear 
Jesus calls me, I must hasten to him, as he is suffering fearfully with his 
head. I will hush him to sleep, then I can cool his head, and he will find 
rest for a time, but his rest is not here, but in a brighter, holier sphere.” 
Then she arose and bowed her head and said, “Farewell, dear brother, 1 
will come again at early dawn.” John awoke in the night and said, “Where 
is she that breathed upon me? Her breath filled me with light, and I for! 
got my fear, and now I am well.” We both arose at early dawn and watch- 
ed for that ray of light. She came, but sorrow held control. As she drew 
near I said, “How is it concerning my brother ?” Her answer was, “He is 
now making his way down the mountains, and I would have you reach there 
ere the day dawns upon the poor sufferers that are gathering from all parts 
of the country. There the fiends have done their work, and death is there, 
Mary is there, but unable to raise from the ground, and her boy, Jesus, lays 
beside her, two bruised angels that God will soon take to himself, and I 
would that they should live until humanity could be blessed by their deaths, 
and God be glorified.” 


His death will set the seal that cannot be broken, until many ages shall 


pass away. Then he himeelf witl break the seal, that all humanity can be- 


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hold him as he is, a holy man, a friend and brother to all that will receive 
him as he is. Here another ray of light came before us; it caused us to 
feel that God’s holiest angels bright were permitted to bless the cause we 
had espoused, the freedom of human souls. | His eyes were dark and pierc- 
ing, his beard was light and flowing, but a deep and holy accent, as from the 
air, and it was thus: “Prepare ye the way, make your paths straight. God’s 
kingdom must be established on earth, among his children, but where are 
we to begin our work, but among the true and faithful. And you, Bartholo- 
mew, are my brother, and I have a demand upon you.” Here he held be- 
fore me an emblem, and I knew its meaning. I answered, “I am already 
bedecked with garments befitting my labor.” Here another came. I knew 
by his appearance, he was of ancient date; his hair was silvered with age, 
and his beard was white as snow, and flowed o’er his bosom. He addressed 
me thus: “Brother, God’s hand is upon you all. Let us finish the work 
that is before us, that is to lay the corner stone of a temple dedicated to 
Freedom. The lamb will be slain, and his blood will cement every crevice, 
and every age will add to the structure, until it is finished ; but every block 
will be cemented with blood, until it is finished, and the key-stone finds its 
resting place, and God’s sons can enter through the great archway, that leads 
to the holy of holies. | Then all nations will be blessed, and freedom will be 
established in every land, and among all nations of the earth. Then God 
will be glorified here, among his own created, his own begotten children.” 
Then I answered, “So mote it be.” Then they left me, and I never saw 
them again, until my brother fell like one dead, after being controlled, the 
second day after he came down from the mountain. I then sat down beside 
John, and he said, “How holy this place is to me. Am I still on earth, or 
in a holier condition ?” I answered, “You are here beside me, and your 
earth labor is not yet ended.” 

This was as the sun was setting. His coming to Tyre begot a great com 
motion among the heathen priests and confessors, as he had last been seen 
in Jerusalem. The priests and confessors had declared throughout the 
country that he must have been fed by the devil, else he would have starved 
to death in the mountains, and the pvor deluded creatures believed them, — 
and when the heathens heard he was near them, they all sought to destroy 
him, and all of the Hebrews in that country fell by the battle ax, that did 
not flee their homes. And where should they flee, but to the hillside, where 
the poor persecuted children of God were gathering together. As we drew 
near the city, we heard groans and shrieks everywhere, and John breathed a 
prayer to Almighty God for the poor crushed Hebrews, that were dying by 
the brute acts that were heaped upon them by the priests and confessors, 
even in their own homes. “Holy Creator God,” I shouted, “when will thy 
changes stay the tide of death, that is heaped upon thy holiest created chil- 


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dren, the poor despised Hebrews, and the heathen damned be held from _ 


cursing all earth.” The holy child of Lciah answered, “Light alone can 
chain and bind the fiends of hell. Light alone can dispel darkness. and 
light will yet hold control of earth, wher ages shall have passed away, when 
priests and confessors are chained in darkness, and hone to give answer. 
Thou can not control. Why? Because eternal distance will shed its rays 


of light into every human mind. Then the human sacrificed in all thé ages” 
of the past will shout, Hosanna, Hosanna, -Holy Creator ‘God, thine own 


created will give thee the glory, forever and’ forever. Freedom, my God, 
forever for thine own will go welling up from every fireside, and ev oes 
heart will acknowledge their Father and their God.” 

John awoke and said, “Let us hasten away’ as fast as we can, for death is 


everywhere.” At that moment a door was burst “open, and eight priests 


came out of a Hebrew hut. We stepped ‘behind the home, and they went 
away in great glee. John said, “Let us behold the works of the damned, 


ere we hasten on.” We entered that ‘home. » Three’ females lay there, 


entirely dead, and one in the agonies of death, and two boys and an aged 
man with his head cleft. Then God’s child breathed upon John again, and 
said, “Hasten away, brothers, high on the hillside; Jesus is there, entirely 
exhausted, and I fear he will die, unless you impart to him your own life 
strength.” I answered, “All I have I give to en my God, and anf Kgs 


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My heart bled when I entered the tent, ast say Yohith| LA shiba When 
I raised him in. my arms, and folded him to my .bosom, L saw he was burn- 
ing with fever, and Icalled on Ged’s ,children to. assist. me, lest he should 


die. ‘Here the same holy spirit came, beside me, and I accosted her thus ;. 
“Holy angel of light, daughter of my brother Leiah, here I am, in darkness... 


Who will light my way?” “Almighty God alone can hold you from dark- 
ness,” she answered, “until he can bear you away from the fearful commotion 
around you, and the holy thing you hold in your bosom breathes out.of that 
earthy body. Then you will draw light from eternal light, that will never 
‘lead you astray.. .There you will dwell beside him, where discord cannot 
enter, and death can never come. There the. angels will chant a hymn, that 


All cause you to forget all care, and there your soul will find rest, My. 
father will be there, and I shall be there. With the true and faithful We | 
will share, when this labor will be ended, rest. Dear brother, rest is a boon 4 


we all long to find. There we shall rest until God ealls us back, in’ order 


to finish up what has been begun, | But, O,, my, brother, look humanity, . 
humanity. Bitter must be your anguish, and fearfui must, be your travail, | 
ere the mighty changes can be brought forth, ere the angel world can blend 
with earth’s children, and bless them with, the, knowledge of immortality. 
‘Angel brother,” she said, addressing Jesus, “T am beside you, and I will 


‘stay beside you as long as you ask my presence.” “Amen,” he said, “then 


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| you will never leave me again, until I can breathe out of my mortal body, 
_ and in the bosom of my God, we will find rest together. There we shall 
not hunger for barley bread, but the bread of life will be freely distributed 
among God’s children, that have suffered for truth’s sake. There I shall 
find rest; there I shall be blessed.” Here I lay him down beside his 
mother, aud the same spirit knelt beside him, soothing him with her holy 
_ influence, and he fell asleep. I went out among the poor suffering Hebrews, 
and my heart ached when I saw so many gathering together, not knowing 
what todo. They all huddled together, expec ing hourly that the priest, 
and confessors would fa'!l upon them, and cut them to pieces. The aged, the 
- sick, and the children suffered the most, and their suffering could not be re- 
lieved, as there was nothing to shield them from the bleak winds. But the 
sun arose bright and clear; that gave them hope. 

~The family of Levi was brought out for burial. They had all been 
destroyed by the priests in the early part of the uight. When they were all 
lain in their earthy bed, then Cornelius: said, “Let God’s children baptize 
this family for eternal life”” I went to the bed where Mary and Jesus lay, 
on the bed of dried grass. I said, “God’s children are lain in their narrow 
house.” ‘Then he said, “Raise me up, that I may look upon them.’ I bore 
him out in my arms, and after he had offered up a prayer to almighty God 
for the living, not the dead, he fe!l down like one dead. I raised him up, 
bore him back, and lay him down beside his mother. Then I covered over 
that Hebrew family, and began my work for the sick and suffering. But I 
dare not attempt to describe the suffering of that people, from that time 
until we. reached Jerusalem. Humanity, could you comprehend what toil,. 
what suffering, what agony and sacrifices have been made, that you may live 
holy, and die filled with faith-in Jehovah God, you would surely flee hypo- 
erisy, deceit and hell, and chose the better part, and give answer, “God doeth 
all things well.” And you, that has dared to trace these lines for me, may 
you live until earth acknowledges you as the holy revelator of the Hebrew 
family, and the only one that dared breathe their angel presence, fearless of 
derision, fearless of the hand of man being raised against you. As long as 
the holy band of Hebrews lead, guide and direct you, you are free from 
earth’s contaminating influences. . When earth’s demands are satisfied, I 
shall be beside you, in order you may be freed from earth, and freed forever, 
Changeless and eternal will be my friendship for thee, through all eternity. 
I am your friend and your brother, here, hereafier, forever, eternal and for- 
ever, Bartholomew, once Grand Chapter in the Holy of Holies, where I was 
robed for my labor by my brother Hiram’s influences. 

_Now here I am made to feel that there was wisdom in itall. Tam aware 

“humanity will look upon these lines and doubt my dictating. for a. humble 
female to trace in life-lines that cannot die. If these aré not my ideas, an- 


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swer and itll me whose they are. I have held them for ages, and now I Jay 
them b fore you without money and without price. Here I am what J aw, 
nothing but a spirit, and you will soon be as I am, bereft of an 
earihy form. Then you will see me as I am, if you come where I 
am, aud know me as I am, nothing but a man. ‘The Catnolics have 


gives me a name. That name I deny. I am not a saint, I am a 


manu. And now may God cleanse you from all evil, and fill you with 
goud, is the prayer of a friend of humanity. I am Bartholomew. once law- 
giver in Jerusslem, Farewell, and farewell forever earihy. But s:ili I 
must add. ho'd, hold these records sacred. They are a gift fiom Almighty 
God to his chi'dren, and if they read, and understand, they will be made hap- 
py by knowing the angels are around them, breathing from th: ir inmost life, 
comfort they cannot draw from earth conditions. Draw a line between 
yourselves and those who have laid down all they have earthy, that you may 
be inide happy by receiving truth bereft of fiction, and that jou may know 
who 'o worship in spirit and in truth, that is your Father and jour God. 
Let none come between you and eternal light, then you will discern clearly 
your way, and God will be g'orified through his own works, his chi'dren. 
Flee, O flee, the heathen priests. No matter how they may be clothed, they 
are covered o’er with hypocrisy and*deceit. They all know I am declaring 
the truth, and they will seek to de-troy my records, but that cannot be, as 
my faithful bro:hers dare not deny me. If they do, I will hold them account- 
abie for defrauding humanity, and they shall be made accountable for the 
utt-r destruction of God’s faithful children that have dared to acknowledve 
God’s angel children’s presence that come in your presence in time to give 
you warning ere it is too late. But, Beware! Beware! Beware! Now 
I can say I will fold them to my bosom in the holy of holies beyond the 
ether blue, for God is there, and his faithful childreu will be there. 


Yours in the bonds of brotherly love. 
BARTHOLOMEW. 


CHAPTER VI. 


LIGHT FROM THE PAST, BY THE AGED CENTURIAN, 
CORNELIUS. 


DRAWN. BY THE REVELATOR, NOV. 4TH, 1870. 


My history is before me, and I will ask God to direct me in drawing 
facts from the past, even as they were when I walked the earth. My name 





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is Cornelius. Iwas born in the hely blood of Caldea. My mother died 
when she give me birih.) My father knelt beside the dead body and said, 
“Holy Go|, she. is thine;» my boy is thine, and I am thine, forever.” He 
held me in’ his bosom, and bathed me with tears, as he exclaimed, “Holy 
Father, God, T will lay my boy upon the altar of humanity, that he may 
live for thy glory in this life, and then he will find rest ‘in his ‘mother’s bo- 
soin, atmong the angel band that bore her away.” "This was related to me 
by an aged herdsman, when I bad grown to manhood. After my mother 
was buried, my father took me in his arms and bore me away among the 
herdsmen, at the foot of the mountain called Helem. There ‘I was reared 
by my father, and there he taught me God’s mercies to his children. There 
I was reared ina humble home, and the glory of God filled our heart, and 


_we were ble-sed. When I reached my eighteenth year I married a herds- 


man’s daughter by the name of Seiloa. She blessed our home, and my 
tather called ber the comforier. She bore me ten children—five ‘boys and 
five girls, and as they grew up around me, I felt God had blessed me above 
all men. I was oftimes called to go to the lowlands with cattle, that they 
could be exchang:d for garments and for bread. But in these journeys I 
was compelled to see and learn many a bitter le-son, that filled my heart 
with anguish, to know how the heathen priests and confessors were crushing 
to death the fairest flowers of Judea, by their brute natures, and, and in many 
cases there w.re whole families diseased by these fiends, from the grand- 
mothers down to the children, and they must all die, as there was: none to 
bring them relicf. Then as. 1 would draw near my home, my heart would 
beat w th joy, hoping they, my loved:ones, were so far away from. these 
damuing infl seuces, they would grow to.men and women, to bless. father and 
mother. But destiny had ordered otherwise. My daughters. were fair and 
comely; my sons were brave, but brute force lay them all low. It being in 
chill astaumn, and [ started for the lowlands with my fatted cattle, one) boy 
accompanied me, while the rest were left to tend the herds at home. As I 
bade taem farewell, my heart nearly burst with anguish, and dai kness seem- 
ed to fall around me, and. asked God to give me light to guide me on my 
my way, but with sorrow I turned from that humble home, not: knowing 
what a fearful change would be wrought ere my return,and I knew twenty 
days must pass away ere I could come back again. As I had disposed of 
my cattle, all but the oxen that bore the burden, and) was returning home, 
and as night came on and my oxen were grazing, | laid down, and my ‘boy 
sail, “Father, sleep, and I will care for the oxen.” . As he went a little way 
from me, I heaid him at prayer, and in the fulness of his soul he forgot he 
was iv a heathen country, where none dare breathe the holy name of their 
father, God. . He prayed. long and. loud for those he had left behind, and 
evea while his voice went furth in adoration, | heard a crash. . I called and: 


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got no answer. (I hastened toward: him, and as:I groped my way, with ne 
voice to direct me, I fellover the dead body of that. holy ehild, and as I lay 
my hand, upon the body I saw. the head was entirely gone.) -L knew the 
devils were at work, and J fled, leaving the dead\body of my boy and omy 
catile.injthe hands of heathen confessors. » Then I made my way toward my 
home, and.in eight days I reached there. But, O, how can I go on? ' God 


help me, else I cannot go on, and live over again: that fearful scene: that — 
comes, before me.’ Danghter, may the angels assist you in-catehing my ideas, — 


and giving them life again, by inscribing them for an.eld»man‘that' bore his 
- burden as best he could, for God and humanity.; » Ove: that is willing: still to 


pass through the heart-rending sceues inorder: that God's’ children, in the ~ 


present andthe future, can know how they are blessed, being born: in »free- 
dom’s holy, bosom, where’ they can shout glory ito God, and not fear the eruel 
oppression, of priestcraft, and where their sons.and daughters can: ok up 
around.them, to bless them. in their declining years. ie 


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Here I must-exclaim, “O death, where is thy sting?’ O'grave, where is’ 


thy victory?” As I drew near my home, all’ seemed still and deathlike—all 


but the lowing of the cattle that had been pent up for days. How long ¥ 


knew not, but‘a dreadful effuvia swept ‘over’ me, and ‘I knew death was 
there. I darted forward and, O, what a fearful scene met my sight. \ There 
I stood alone with my God and my dead.’ There’ were my four boys bes 


headed; ‘and. there lay my angel wife'and my beautiful daughters, all dead; 
as they had been left by the damned in ‘priestly robes!” Who" ean’ feel | for’ 
meas I stood' there, a blasted man, doomed ‘to drag’ out ‘a’ life ia lonlinéss: 
and despair? There I-knelt down by my companion, and prayed that’ God 


would give’me that angel spirit'to lead me on’my way, and my holy family 
to bless me, and ‘to assist'me in blessing others. _Whén I had asked Cod to 


assist’mey then .a holy. calm filled‘my soul: I then’ wranped those bodies’ 


that were so dear to me in. blankets and ‘bore them away, one by one, until 


they were all lain side by side in'their earthy bed. But ‘ere I could cover 


them over, I fell to the eurth' and forgot, for a’ scason,'a@ll that had befallen 
me.’ I must have Jain there for hours; for’as’ I breathed into conseéiousness, 


the day had passed away, and the bright stars were shining aronnd me: © At 


first, I could not comprehend why I was there, but all came back before me, 
and again T lost my breath, and I did not awake again until the day dawned 
and the bright sun shed its rays upon earth, then I arose to my feet and 


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exclaimed, “Father;\God, thy hand is upon me, yet I would give thee all 
glory, as it belongs’to thee, and tliee alone.” °I then gathered green’ bows 
and spread'them over'the dead bodies of my family.’ I then’ turned away 
and left’ them: there’ all’ that day, but thé day following I went back and 
covered them over, kiiowine itwas’'the Tast I could do for them’ earthy. I 
then cared for my flocks and herds, and there I dwelt alone thirty-two years. 
Then [was blessed by a'band’of Hebrews. They were thé first that had 
visited my tumblée‘home. “They were the persecuted family of Joseph and 
Mary: ‘Phey bore alone with them four children. Their first born’ was’ a 
poor, ‘frail boy.) Joseph asked if they could lay him’ down to‘rest,as’ they 
had come a lone way,’and his’strength gave out: | T raised him up in my 
arm:;,to Jay him-on'my bed; ‘and he zave'a deép groan.’ Joseph gave answer, 
“My dear Jesus'has'a! curve’on the spine, and when’ he gets so weary he 
suffers much.” But he Tidno sooner lain down than he fell asleep and did 
not awakevagain ‘until we were kneeling in prayer, ere ‘we retired ‘to’ rest. 
liven while Joseph was breathing forth praises to” God, ‘he erept noiseless 
from his bd and knelt beside his father, and as Joseph had ceased in'prayer, 
Jesus shouted, “Holy Creator’ God, the children of Cornelius are here in the 
home oftheir father) and°his companion is even now folding her arms around 
her husbanid’s neck.’ Look, brother, look. Five boys and five girls God gave 
to theejand: they aré thine still’ I did look, and indeed there were all of 
my children, just as I had Jeft them when I went to the lowlands’ with my 
catile, and my wife lay! Her hand’ in’ mine’ and said, “Cornelius, God’s mer- 
cies endure foréver,”’’ Bat from that hour I could seé and converse with 
tliem, “ven as if they had been besidé'me with their earth bodies!” All of 
Joseph's! family remained’ with” me'two days, being they were weary and 
-foot'sore, and th-ir) birdens ‘were heavy, as their first’born had a price” set 
upon hishead; and’ then’ they were’ fleeing into’ the ‘motntains, ‘fedring he’ 
wou'd be'cut off They bade me adieus’and went high into the mountains, 
among the highest cliffs, and’ there they dwelt ‘for four years ere I'saw them 
again, except Joseph. « “He would come, sometimes, and rest with’ me’ when 
hewas' Goins up the mountains with his barley meal, that he would ‘earn in 
the lowlands; as he was'a carpenter, and his family had nothing to eat but 
what'he’bore up the mountains’ steep on his back. They were a holy family 
from’ the léast tothe gréatesr:’ But when'they camé to me again their first 
born was not’ with them, as he had béen borne away by an‘angél, and they 
wére ebing to méet him; theré in Judea’s borders. ‘As’ we were sitting 
around'theifire, a ray of light came’ before us,'and breathed ‘into the lifé of 
Jetsie, a fraillittle boy. 9 UAS’shé ‘offered up a'praver to Almighty’ God tor 
that fa nily, my hone was fil'ed with lists, and’ for a time we’ forgot earth’ 
held us. But ere she'Géased she exclaimed, «Prends, beloved, God is*here. 
His childéen! are hére)'add may’ Go l’s anzel children bless their father’ for+ 


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ever, and may light. from eternal light fill each beating heart, until each one 


can. answer. God’s will be done.” © Then he breathed deeper than before, and — 


another influence called on eternal light to lead us, albaright, that humanity 
should be blessed by the humble. family that. was before him, and that 
truths. should be held for coming ages, as the time would.come when these. 
facts must be brought forward, and be declared before the children of men. 
When ages should pass away, there would be a great. diversity of opinions 
among men, and there would be a demand upon all that had know!edge con- 
cerning. the boy, Jesus, would be called upon to bear testimony. concerning 


the same, as heathen idolatrous worshippers would hold. control in various: 
forms. until light from the past will. be called, for, in order that God can be! 
acknowledged, rot by delegation, but. by his: immediate presence among. his: 
own created children, and that one would be born in the order of - creation’ 
that could decipher all languages, and breathe from:every beating heart around: 


her, and.Jeave on record facts relative to the changes that has raised man: in 
the scale of progression, where he will ask God’s holy: influence divine to feed 
the human mind, fresh from the great storehouse of knowledge divine, then 


naught can come between the Creator and his created, and the children of. 
men will break the chains of heathen priestcraft, and. will become free, as 
God’s angels. are free, to drink from the holy fountain of life divine, and be 
blessed. Then, and not until then, will humanity feast upon the wondrous. 
works of. God, and feast their souls. upon the bread of life, and give answer: 
God is here... And. then you, Cornelius, will. be called upon to bear testi-. 
mony concerning that which you have. seen and known in your earth life, re-. 


lative to Joseph and his first. born, Jesus.” Then, he said, “Come, daughter, 
let. us.hasten away, as. the faithful, Jesus. awaits.our coming. There is a 


work to do.”. After, the influences had gone 1 asked Joseph how long those. 
spirits had been with his family. He answered, “I have not. been. cognizant. 


of their presence only since Jesus was born, but they may have been with 
me all of my life, aught. 1 know, as sometimes, they allude to things that hap- 
pened in my boyhood days.” While we were conversing, I heard a sweet voice 
chanting a hymn. | I knew it was my wife’s voice. Jessie had sit down be- 
side Mary, and resting his head in her lap, he. was fast asleep, and 1 saw my 
wife folding that. darling boy to her bosom, and. breathing her own life 


through the boy.. ‘“Seiloa, dear Seiloa,” I said, “cannot you breathe that, 


hymn to me when I am alone?” She answered, “God's laws cannot be 


broken, but if I had this little body I could sing you and him both asleep at. 
atime.” She answered, “Darling Jessie, frail thou art, yet so bright within,. 
yet thou art a holy treasure, all so free from care and sin. Darling Mary, 


God has blessed you with these children, four, yet thy number is not com- 
pleted. Thcu wilt surely bear one more. Five diamonds bright are around 
thee shining.. They will comfort thee, dear sister, when earthy cares are 


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oer.” The sun was rising high, and Joseph was asking Mary if they should 
not begin their journey. Mary answered, “If it be God’s will, I will go m 
Then they bade me farewell and hastened down the hillside. That family 


did not come to me again before they sought their mountain home. Again I 


had removed to another country, bearing eastward, but their first born came 
to me there, a poor, crushed angel boy, and I cared for him until his feet 
were healed and his burnt back was cooled. He awoke one morning, at the 
dawn of day, and shouted, “Cornelius, a holy breath is here and bids me 
arise and haste away, declaring there is a work to do ere the closing of an- 
other day. No form I see. I read it there—a holy name written in empty 
” He then breathed deep, and his breath was light, and it filled my soul 
with light that has never gone out until this day. Me thinks I see him 
now standing there, all covered o’re with a hallow of brightness that cannot 
find comparison. ‘There in the home of an o!d man, with no companions but 
his God and his angel -children. “Farewell,” he said, “I bear this child 3 
away, but he will come to you four times more before he is hung upon the 
eross. There you will breathe out of your mortal form, bowed down with 
years and care. There you will join the angel band and ever with them 
share, until you will be commanded to come back to earth and bear testimony 
for ages, even then unborn. Amen.” I answered, “My feet begin to totter, 
and gladly will I hasten on to meet my loved ones that await my coming. 
Joyous will be our meeting. Friends, loved friends, are there.” The an- 
swer was, “Brother, do not forget your duty in your joy to go home. Hu- 
manity has a demand upon you, and she must be appeased. You must be 
laid ‘upon the altar of human sacrifices, but you will be but one of the many.” 
Then the spirit said, “Give the boy a piece of barley bread. He will have 
no more, at least for four days.” I then prepared the bread and he went 
away. I did not hear from him again until a beggar came to my home 
and said that Antioch had been thrown into great commotion by a Hebrew 
boy declaring the Jews were to be cut off by the heathen priests, but they 
did not heed him, but when the hour did come, sure enough, more than two 
thousand were destroyed in one night, and they had been looking every- 
where for the Hebrew boy, and he was no where to be found. I then an- 
swered, “He is in the hands of Almighty God, and: they cannot destroy him 
until his death will bring light to the human mind. Then he will be hung 
upon the cross, by the order of the priesthood.” The poor beggar bowed his 
head and said, “He healed me when I was sick, and he filled my soul with 
love to God aud his holy children, and I would die for him if I could.” That 
poor, humbled soul remained with me for a season, and then went away and 
died in his own kingdom. 

Years passed away, and I heard no more of the boy, Jesus. He had 
changed from a boy toa man. I had herded my cattle and entered my 


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home, and knelt in prayer, and as I prayed my soul was so filled with inspi- 
ration that I lost my breath, and when I awoke a holy form was kneeling 
‘beside me, bathing my. face with his cool, electric hand, then I said, “God be 


praised, I am looking upon that holy face—the face of a holy angel, bright, | 


although a man.” He then raised his hands and said, “God commands you 
to arise and prepare food for the poor. famished body.” I then brought 
bread and milk, but he ate but a little Then he gave thanks to \God. for 
holding him from death, and giving him a place to lie down and rest. Early 
the next, morning he awoke, and I heard him conyersing earnestly with some 
-one beside him. , He gave answer like this, “Lead me home to. my mother, 
Let me find rest beside her, and in the bosom of my family.» God will give 
me strength and courage to go forth again and declare his ever presence.” 
Then he listened and gave answer, “Holy Ged direct me in all things . while 
I dwell in. this frail body, even if I am led to the cross. Assist me, O angel 
sister, to say all is well.” Then he arose and bathed, and went out upon the 
hillside. There he communed with his father, and his God, at least an hour, 
then he came in and said, ‘Cornelius, your family are filled with holy adora- 
tion to God for being freed from heathen priests and confessors, as they have 
just returned from the fearful destruction of a Hebrew family.” .1saw them 
coming and waited to hear what they had to say. .“The herdsman beyond 


the brook has been beheaded; lis wife and four daughters have been damn- 


ed, but a. little daughter, about eight years, is still breathing, and a little 
boy one year and a half old, lies there nearly frightened to death. But.the 
fiends are plundering the home, but.as soon as they are gone you may go 
and bring the children away, if their brains are not, dashed out ere they go 
away.” When we had ate our bread and drank)our milk: Jesus’ head. drop- 
ed and he fell forward. I raised him in my arms, but he was.as rigid asa 
stiffened corpse. After,a,time he gave a deep groan and burst into tears. 
Then his body relaxed and he sat up. ‘Then he said, “I saw’them dash out 
the brains of the boy,,and they, saught to damn the daughter and she. died 
in their hands. But the manner of her death,” be said, “is too damning to 
relate, and it was that that caused me to. becone rigid as death. When they 
are gone,” he said, “we wi:l go and bury the dead and comfort; the frightened 
spiris.”. He remained'with me all of that day, but.as the sun was. going 
‘down he said, “They have all gone and we will go and bury. the dead, aud 
my angel sister will remain with them for a time until they can becomé:. re- 
conciled to the de-tiny that has fallen upon them.” He ate a little piece of 
bread, and thea:stepped forth strong for his libor.,. He took the spade and I 
followed him,.as best I could, but ere I reached there, he had a grave dug 
nearly large enough for them all. When he had finished he lay down, upon 
cool ground, and big drops of prespiration coursed down his face... After a 
little time, he arose and said, “We will now bury God’s children, that the 


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spirits may not be distressed by seeing them decay above ground.” . We 
brought the father first, then the mother and the children, as they were 
born. When it was done, Jesus said, “Side by side they sleep in death, and 
in spirit may they not be divided.” When the grave was filled with dirt, 
and carefully rounded up by his own hand, then he knelt and prayed that 
God would bear away his children to a brighter world beyond, as they were 
united in one band, and none left in morial form that need their care. ‘Then 
he said, “Friends, beloved, call on God’s angel children to direct you. They 
will come to your aid and guide you onward toa haven of rest.” After he 
had ceased to speak I saw an angel of light fold her arms around him and 
breathe her life into his life, then he arose to his feet and poured forih words 
of consolation to them all, then said, “My father is coming with a band of 
angels. 'Tiiey will care for those freed spirits. Now come, Cornelius, I will 
bear my ‘brother to your home. There you will hasten, as he must be cared 
for.” ‘Then he darted away fiom me, and when I reached my home he was 
laying across my bed, and there were no signs of life about him but the 
warmth of the flesh. But breathe he dd not JI prepared some warm hy- 
Sup and held it to his lips. He then ga-ped for breath. Soon he drank a 
little, and then his breath came back, and he fell asleep.. I sat beside him 
all of tha: night, and now and then a deep sigh escaped him. His back 
was’ feaifilly inflamed by the,exertions of digging the grave and)jlilting the 
dead.bodies.. In .the, night he asked meif I would bathe his back in cold 
water. After L had bathed it with my hand, I wet a:doe:skin and lay it on, 
then he: tell into a, sweet rest sian and he slept dn until the sun was an 
hour high. feoxtiiv . . 

«Lhad prepared:somefood; it was.a piece of beefand. corn bréad. As 
he raived up, he said, “God bless you, Cornelius, I have been dreaming’ ‘of 
broiled beef”. He then’ arose and bathed, but the back was sore, and hurts 
him to move ; but ere'he tas'ed food, he knelt and thanked his father God 
for his care and protection in the hour of his greatest need. But as we’ sat 
down to eat, I saw he’could haidly raise his cup to his lips. After a few 
moments,’ he raised his hand and said, “Holy Creator God, assist me, else I 
perish, even now.” | Scon a flush camé to his cheek, and he said, “Heaven 
bless you, how glad I am you have come. ‘How is my father and my 
mother, and hew are my brothers?” Then he waited a reply. Then he 
turned to nie, and said, “My father is at home, awaiting my coming; my 
mother will be anxiously looking for me after two days, but I fear I cannot 
reach there so soon; but God is mighty. and if it be his will, T shall reach 
there at the end of three days.” All of that day he lay on my bed, and 
from time to time, I would bathe his back, and early the next morning he 
arose, and said, “I must begin my journey, as it is a long way, and I fear I 
shall not reach there in time to see my father.” He bade me adieu, and 


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said, “If it please God, I shall come back to you again, but as I am directed, 
so I must go.” © 


PROVIDENCE, June 25, 1870. 


CHAPTER VIII. 
ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR ALL COMING TIME. 


The sweet breath of angels filled the home of the old man, and as he be- 
held his loved ones around him in his earthy dwelling, his soul looked for- 
ward to that abode of rest and peace, where sorrow could not come. His 
form was bowed, his hair was white as the snow-capped mountains, yet his 
faith in a living God changed not, and when the holy man of Nazareth en- 
tered his home, he felt that God’s holiest children bore him onward, and his 
soul was filled with joy.— Remarks by Stephen. 


Here I am again, before the living, and not the dead. Daughter, the 
command of God is still upon you, to assist the aged Centurian, and bear 
him along in his statement concerning the holiest thing he ever knew in 
mortal form. From the time the son of Joseph left me, my health gradually 
gave away, and I felt I must go home. But as the warm breezes again 
swept over the land, my home was again blessed with the humble man in 
beggar's rags. He had been from home nearly a year, and his garments 
hung about him in tattered rags. His limbs were bare, but about the chest 
was still hanging a worn-out coat of camel’s hair, and: about his loins a doe- 
skin, which served as a breech cloth. As he entered my home, I could but 
exclaim, “Has God forgotten his own?” As I made that expression, a deep 
groan. came welling up from the inmost depth of his. soul, and tears rolled 
down his cheeks, as he exclaimed, “Holy Creator God, forgive thy children 
if they murmur against thy will, as heavy crosses are upon us, and crosses 
are before us, and thou, O God, alone can assist us.” 

His breath came deep, and the same form of light that had ever followed 
him, folded her arms around him, and breathed her life into his own. Then 
she said, “Brother Cornelius, we have brought him here from the jaws of 
death. The Amlekite Priests are secking for him in all parts of Armenia. 
We have brought him here before you, bruised and bleeding, torn and tat- 
tered, and you must feed him, else he will die ere we can reach a place of 
safety. The spies are on every hill, and in every valley. | A heavier price 
is set upon his head, than has ever been offered before. Two hundred 
shekels in gold has been offered by the High Priest for him, alive, and one 


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hundred for his head. But God will hold him from them, until his death 
shall bring light to the human mind. | But that holy light will be covered 
o’er, until many ages shall pass away, then it will burst torth in all of its 
splendor, and fill all earth with the glory of Almighty God.. Then the in- 
finite creator will be acknowledged, and all of earth’s idols will crumble 
away, and find rest among things that were. And you, Cornelius, will be 
called upon to declare Jesus, as he is, a man, frail, but mighty in the hands 
of God’s children; humble in his own opinion, but exalted in the opinion of 
the angel band that will bless him forever.” She continued, “Friend, be- 
loved, bathe him o'er with cool water; he is filled with fever. Cool his head 
and: back. Prepare for him a little barley gruel, that he may drink, and live. 
Five days and five nights have passed away, and not a morsel of food has 
passed his lips. Farewell, brother,” she said, “I must go away now, and 
leave him in your hands, and in the hands of bis God. His father is in dan- 
ger, as a confessor is climbing the mountain, hoping to destroy the family, 
but I will return to you, as soon as the family is safe. My father will assist 
me, and we will crush him to death, that would destroy the faithful.” 

Then she lay him upon the bed, and breathed out of him, with scarcely 
% breath of life remaining within him. I prepared the gruel; he drank a 
little. Then I bathed him over and over. At length he began to breathe 
deep, and in a hushed voice he exclaimed, “Glory to God, the family is safe, 
and the wicked fiend is where he cannot’ disturb them any more.” He 
breathed out of his body, and did not return for at least half an hour. But 
he returned, and said, “Give God the glory, my father is saved, my mother 
is blessed; and my brother beheld God’s glory, and I am made to feel God’s 
land is in my being here. Life,” he said, “what is it to me now? I long 
to go away with my angel sister, and her father, and be at rest; but I will 
not murmur as long as they are beside me, but will answer, ‘God’s will, not 
mine, be done.’ ” 

At that time he remained with me two days, but on the third day, as the 
sun began to soften earth with its mellow rays, he arose from his bed, and 
as he knelt in prayer, he called on God to direct him. His head was bowed, 
and bitter anguish filled his soul. The future’ had been held before him. 
The death of his family, and his mother’s grief, and his own helpless body 
hanging upon the cross, was more than he could bear. His beart beat fear- 
fully, and I saw he would fall. I knelt beside him, and folded him to my 
bosom, and there we wept together. until tears could come no longer to our 
relief. His head dropped upon my bosom, and we both fell to the floor to- 
gether, two lifeless bodies, but not dead. 

Again our home was filled with light, and many an angel heart was beat- 
ing there for the old man, that had lived out all earthy ties, and for him in 
the morning of life, that was to be called away. Why? Because his soul 
was filled with love for God’s created, and he knew his life and his death 


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would but lay the foundation for God to be acknowledged on earth. . How! 


can i goou? . From this, every hour was marked | with anguishy until he: 
breathed out of his earthy body. The hour drew near; when the fr ail bark) 
was to launch forth ¢ again upon the human:tide of,confusion ; but O, how my 
heart ached when he Jay bis hand in mine, and) ‘said, “Cornelius, I cannot! 
come to you again, but you will come to me when my cup is full and .run- 
ning over, and there we will die together, if it be God’s will”: “Leave; O 
‘leave me,” I said, \“ihe future is before:me. - I canhot: breathe with you’ be+ 
side me, as our destinies are Jiuked together.” ‘Farewell, he said, “I go.” 
_ After he had gone, I lay down .upon my: bed, and fell.into.ja deep sleep) 
and aid not awake for a day and a half... When I, awoke, my: cattle: were: 
lowing, aid hunger was upon me.,. I arose, and turned my, cattle, loose, cand 


said, ‘I, leave you in the hands of your creator, you are nothing more to; — 


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me.” Then I ate some:bread and meat, prepared.a little bundle; took. my! 
staff, and w ent forth into the midst of heathen brutes:. But, my, heart, beat, 
for that liome, where I had dwelled.so long, where, God had blessed)me with; 
my loved family, and where the hand of destiny had been Jain..heavy -upon, 
my. head, and it was still leading me back again, to look, once more,upon' the 


green earthy mound, where.all of iny earthy,treasures, but, one, lie buried. — 


“Sweet ‘oreptfalpens: I exclaimed, “thas my dear family forgot their fearful 
‘doom ?” Fy id. guiby ‘bedesdua oh bamvegeh 

At that pattaanty my paasitalah et hi basins in asi iia ch said, “Let sua, 
forget all but God’s mercies, in helding us from, darkness,jand hearing. US OD! 
ward until you, dear Cornelius, haye finished your;work,; and, are..ready, toy 
go home, with us, and, be;at,rest.” .. Then she added, “It will not, be, Jong, it; 
will not be long..,. Have courage, we shall not leave your again.” «But. iberes 
knelt, upon the greensward,,and pray ed for.all,of. the human: family. My; 
companion said, “You must; go,toward Tyre... Lhe journeyyis long, and, your, 
steps are slow. You will be needed to guide the multitude. of'ihe oppressed 
children in, the blood of Abraham and Jacob.” I ausweredj “Alb I:can do, I 
will do.. Let God direct.” ),, Then agains L went; onsmy, journey, iknowings 


God was there, Many a:weary month [journeyed onwards Thisewas sone - 


year and two months before the:crucifixion During) this: timeddived bys 


begging ; sometimes Tchad food,sometimes I had none fora whole pare and” 


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COAPTER IX. 
"HE CONCLUSION Of TUE HISTORY OF MY EARTH LIFE. 


Here again I am overwhelmed with the realities of that’ age, where 
heathen anointed priests held control, and they were filling earth with dis- 
ease, and damning all of God’s children with their brute desires: Tere I 
feel to relate a scene that came before me, ere I reached Tyre. All of that 
day I had been oppressed, but as:night came on, I was accosted by a band 
of confessors.. They had with them two females. One faltered, and she 
could hardly stand upon her feet, and she shouted to'them, “Lightning 
flashes are around you, and if you do not let us go,as we are, Almighty God 
will dash you to pieces.” | 
... Her face was like a diamond bright, and I saw a form beside her, and I 
knew its power. Her eyes closed; then a crash was heard in the elements, 
and the confessors were all lain low. Then she approached me, and said, 
“Brother, lay your hand in mine. If you are left here, they wi!l destroy 
you; as you are an old man, they will think, you have attracied this power 
to you, that they may be held from carrying out their brute desires.” | Then 
she called to the other damsel, and said, “Hasten, O hasten, as the electric 
power will pass away, and they will search us out.” 

Her voice was like that of Leiah’s daughter, and I said, “Can you tell 
me aught of Jesus?” She said, “He is coming down from the mountains, 
even now, and, he will need your aid, and I would assist you onward... I 
sought you, that you could make the best of your way, bearing northward. 
But do not enter the city, lest you may be beaten down by.the heathen, that 
are determined to destroy every Hebrew in the land. Lead these poor 
daughters of Judea, until they can find friends that will protect them.” ‘Then 
she said, “Farewell, brother, | must hasten back to my brother. He is 
feeble, and he falters by the way. He will reach the lowlands at nightfall, 
but a fearful destiny is before him.” “Holy daughter of Leiah,” I said, “can 
he live until he is hung upon the cross?” Her answer was, “God alone can 
answer.” Then the damsel awoke and looked around her, with fear, and 
said, “I have had a fearful dream, and I am so glad I have awoke.” J said, 
«Seek your friends, lest you should again be dragged away.” 

As I sat down to rest, I saw, far beyond me, the dark domes of Tyre, 
that den of fiends, and I saw I could not reach there until the day following. 
But I journeyed on, until I met a herdsman. Je said, “Don't enter the 
_ city; if you do, you will be beheaded. That crazy heretic is there, and they 
are determined to cut him off.” I said, “God will care for him.” He an- 
swered, “I am thinking you are a heretic, and they will surely destroy you.” 

I was compelled to lie down to rest, and I slept on until morning. Then 


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IT went down the hillside, and came to Levi's tent, where Jesus and his 
mother both lay sick. I sat down beside the door, and my heart bled 10 see 
so many gathering together like lambs for the slaugnter, and no one to save 
them. I could not gain courage to enter the tent, and look upon the poor, 
blasted angels'there. I knelt in prayer, and even while I prayed, the holy 


Jesus tottered forward, and knelt beside me. As I ceased in prayer, he ex-. 
claimed, “Holy brother, God has ld you here, that you. may direct us in 


this, our hour of need.” Fearle:s, I calle on God to direct us, and got an- 
swer, “Gather together all of the sick and maimed, that they can bear their 
burdens. Then leave this hillside, and goto the valley beyond There you 
will get directions what next to do.” John breathed a prayer, and then Je-us 
said, “Bring all our sick, that they may be healed.” Jesus became electri- 
fied, and stepped forth like one that knew no fear. His face was like chis- 
elvd marble, and he commanded their diseases to depart in'the name of Al- 
mighty God, and all were healed in that hour. But when the power left 
him, he fell like one dead. I shouted, “Glory to God, thou art in our midst. 
Direct, and we wi'l follow.” I heard a voice say, “Hasten away, even 
now.” Jesus said, “Bear away the aged and the children, and I will fol- 


low.” ‘Then, as_ I looked, I saw him breathing in the bosom ofan angel, 


and John folded his arms around him and said, “Two holy things’ toge:her, 
O, that I could breathe out of my body, even here.” JT heard no more, but 
tottered alone as best I could. 

That -nizht we held a council, and I saw there watts bea m‘glity con- 
flict I direct:d them how to arm themselves with the battle axes, In order 
they could deferid the females and children, and that Jesus could’ be torne 
along, that God could be glorified through his death. That mght there was 
a fesr'ul battle, but the days folowing were damp and chilly. ~ Death’ was 
among them every hour. Hardship and exposure filled them with fever. 
Jesus was borne along in the bosom of his brother. Life had become a bur- 


den to him, and he drooped and fell. Bit as: the eighth day dawned upon 
us he was controlled, and declared we should all be cut off unless we pre- 


pared for ba tie. Ile then called his foilowers around him, and said, “Bear 
this body along with you, thar he my live to fulfil the design of Almighty 


Goi, ia his creation.” He woultdie in a few days as he is, but would 
God be glorified by that dea h, or would humanity be blessed? He then 


shouted, “Prepare ye the way. The heathen damaed are preparing to cut 


you off. = Bring all of the females in the eentre, and let the children be 
eared for, and you will cut them down ere they can destroy the innocent — 
babes or dann the mothers.” — He suid, Bare them into the valley, that you — 
se the enemy ere they {all upon you.” Thu the influence lefi him and 
tell down like a crushed flower. I saw John fold him to his bosom and— 
veep over him, as a mother wou'd weep over a dying babe. They were all 


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borne into the valley and sat down. Filled with fear, sick and dying were 
these mothers, kneeling around their dying children. Cuildren clinging to 
their dying mothers, and hunger fell heavy upon them, and night closed in 
wih fearful darkness. [Elu-hed, they all awaited the hour, knowing the 
hour would come, as it had been prophesied. As the day had begun to 
dawn there was heard a fearful cry, aud one of the men f-ll dead by a blow 
from a battle axe, se vering his head from his body. Then they all rus:ed 
forward. and dead bodirs were falling everywhere. They fought an hour 
anda half The ground was strewn with the dead, and blood run duwn the 
hillside in streams. As the sun rose higher, and still higher, more awful 
became the scene. I sat down beside Jesus, and jhis head rested upon my 
boom. There he breathed a prayer to his father, God, for the poor He- 
brews. Then his head dropped, and he fell asleep, even while the battle 
was raging. “Tloly brother,” I said, “thy angel friends are hold'‘ng you fiom 
the bitier anguish of the present, but thy heart will learn its own anguish 
soon enough.” My heart beat when I heard the cry go up from the mul i- 
titude, “Death tothe heathens. Glory to God, they are fleeing from us.” 
Jolin came and knelt down beside Jesus, and rested his cheek upon the fore- 
head of his brother, and said, “Darling brother, Iam be-ide thee.”  Joha 
has lefi the scene of contusion, and I have brought him here to tel you all. 
I controlled John befure the battle commenced, and I lay low twenty-one 
 withthese hands. My father controlled Bartholomew, and be mu-t have 
slain more than me, as he controlled one that had more vital -treng:h than 
my brother John ‘Then Leialr’s daughter left John and he fell down bi side 
me. Jesus lay his hand upon his head and smoothed back his hair, and said, 
“Holy brother, God’s angel children love thee, even as I love thee.” ‘They 
gathered up their dead, and counted the heathen slain. ‘Their own was four 
killed and one maimed, and the hrathen numbered two hundred and more. 
A part of that day was passed in burying their dead, but the hea hens were 
heaped in a pile and brush was thrown upon them and set on fire. Then we 
moved to another valley. I felt weall mus: die, and I encouraged them to 
hasten on toward Jerusalem. that we could find rest. J will pass over the 
remaining part of that journey, and come to the last scene, as my heart is 
aching and I cannot go on, and J know another heart doth ache, even as my 
own. But I will spare her that anguish, as she has livid it over and over 
again, in entering into the soul sympathies of those that bring their records 
before her. But among the many that read these pages o’re cin never 
know the aching heart that traced these lines for me, and my brother’s ; God 
alone can reward you for the bitter tears you have shid fur the suffering of 
others. And who can ever know the weary hours you have pa-sed, with a 
beating heart for coming ages, thit they may be free from priesicraft and 
deception. Live, daughter, as thou art. living, for God’s glory and the {rce- 


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dom of the human fam‘ly. My hour has come for me to say farewell, 
earthy, yet I linger still beside her that has freed me from my earth burden, 
that has brought me back to finish up that which belongs to me to do. , Hu- 
manities demand was upon me, but who but her that was born to .redd the 
holy breath in empty air, could, with God’s angel children, share their bur- 
dens, and tr ace the lines recorded there, and may. I eyer with her humble 
spirit share, in that bright world where myn beloved family. are awalting 
my coming. | 
But now I mast go back, once, more, to those scenes that rent my heart, 

leaving many things untold. Out of pity to her that is scribing for me, I 
will now hasten to the hour of my dissolution. I entered Jerusa'em. with 
the many. I tottered along, and. sat down_ beside others, on the Square. 

There I sat, hardly knowing where I was, until I heard them say, “They have 
nailed Jesus to the cross, and are raising him up.” That gave me a shock, 
and I arose to my feet, and passed out of the gates. I followed. the many, 
and when I came in sight of him, my limbs refused to bear me longer. I 
fell to the earth, but after a time I arose, and drew near him. I heard his 
bitter groans, and bitter grief broke my heart, and I exclaimed, “Holy Cre- 
ator, God, the lambis slain. _ Receive him in thy bosom, the bosom of thy 
love.” At that moment an anointed-priest raised his battle axe, and as it 
fell upon my neck a mist came over me, and I knew no more until I was 
freed from mortal clay. Here I am beside the blood of Abraham, and I 
would ask God to bless her, here and hereafter. Daughter, now J can say I 
am going home. May I ask God to hasten the hour for you to come, me? 
I will prepare for thee a home—a home of rest. . I will be thy father still, 

as God is father of us all. Hope is bright before thee, still, but it will fade 
away, earthy, but it will grow brighter, as the shores of a brighter world 
come before thee, and I will meet thee there. Now, daughter, receive the 
blessing of an old man, one hundred and four years old, in) his earthy body. 

Humanity must know angels are thy companions, and they must acknowl- 

-edge that Jesus has again walked the earth. T’arewell, friend of us,all.. I 


am Cornelius, and none other. Farewell. 


CHAPTER X. 
TESTIMONY OF STEPHEN. 
Lines bearing date Nov. 5, 1870... 


Stephen’s holy spirit comes before ine, in the presence of God’s children, 
that suffered martyrdom for the cause of truth, that ages yet to come may 








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know that angels did walk the earth, ages on ages ago, and that his own life 
‘history may substantiate the attempt that was made by the holy breaths, 
“that had once existed in earthy forms, to give light to those in mortal form. 
+» Also to teach man that God’ has’ not forgotten his own, through’ the 
changes that have been wrought, in order that his own created could draw 
~ light from beyond, causing man to be Pree. in the presence of him that 
begot- thosé mighty creations. | 
‘Now here I am, in the presence of the angel band that sought earth, 
‘that humanity may know that there is a hereafter and that the bread of life 
eternal is knowledge. This I have given, in order the reader may know I 
* do believe in one God, whose mercies endure forever.” Stephen, thy holy 
breath is upon me, and I submit myself to thee, and I will write thy own 
history, fresh from thy own/inner liie. 
Boa ao OLIVE G. PETTIS. 


Then pray for me, O friend of humanity, that I may draw strength from 
thee. Pray for me, O ye angels of light, that I may write my own earth 
. destiny, filled with sorrow and holy affection of my family. Bright and joy- 
ous were my early days, until I reached two years and a half. At that time 
my father was called to Jerusalem, on the account of a disturbance between 


' the priesthood and Judea’s children, that were dwelling in Messopotamia- 


He being chief ruler of that country, was called upon to redress their 
wrongs. They had been sorely oppressed by the priesthood, as they had 
entered their country, and borne away their females, and held them until 
they were released by death. 

My mother had slept her last sleep, and left behind five beautiful daugh- 
ters. Her last request of my father was to guard her beloved children 
against the wicked devices of heathen priests and confessors, and her wish 
was that I should be educated according to the Jewish doctrines. Then she 
folded her arms about me, and as she folded me to her bosom, I felt her re- 
lax her hold, and she was dead. 

Great grief filled our home, and small as I was, I felt I had lost what 
could never be given back to me again. But ere one month had passed 
away my father was compelled to go to Jerusalem, and ere he started his 
family gathered around him in despair, fearing harm would befal him, as 
there was a great commotion among the heathens. When he bade them 
farewell they all wept bitterly. They all knew his journey lay through a 
country where none but heathens dwelt, and their fear for him caused them 
to forget their own danger. Four days passed away in a holy calm, but the 
fifth day brought us news that my father had been beset, and beaten to death, 

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¢e easn way, toward. Mesopotamia, sand they. would reach there,.erethe, snight 
closed jin. ,;;;Fear fell upon.as. all, Q +My, Sisters » could, not. flee,, for; where 


» should they, go, but to the, hamble, in, aifeg.: vk -) My, eldest sister said, (Let us 
okweel! in, prayer, and a-k ;God.,to, assist ‘us, in, this, our, hour/of, Sorrow. % 
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red bread, and said, “Let us go the herdsman, they. may, defend, Us oyallly 


_lyoungest sister. took me by. the hand,,and, we, started, towards the; herdsman’s 
home ‘that; belonged ,to ,my.. father, it, being about one Jeague, distant,.but 
| ere,we reached. there, we were called upon to stop, but, we, fled..as fast.as,;we | 
vicould., L,fell inthe ferns, and.crept away, from. the pathy and lay. down; by, a 

eyeluster of, bushes. ; There I, lay, ;with. my little heart,.a, beating,,, until ,, night 


shielded me from observation, then. I. ‘crept out and) ‘followed. ‘Op Jiitle foot 
path’ that led tothe: therdsman’s home. I asked for my sisters, but they had 
not seen or heard from them. There I remained until I became a man. 
But when I was about fourteen,-a-waytfarer called upon the herdsman for 
rest, and he remained with us all night, and in the evening their conversa- 


..tion turned upon the oppression of the heathen priests , and. confessorse, “Af. 
tera time,” he added, “T left, the court of Jerusalem , because. there was , SO 


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much drunkenness and devenchar: “4 could not, remain, Bat, the immediate 


cause of my fleeing them, was this: The, High Priest, ‘Caiphas, set forth 
the confessors, with the command that they, should bring i in. tw enty d lamsels, 


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and, they. must all be Hebrew and Caldea’s children, aS | ‘there. _Was ©, be, a 


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great feast, and the priests would be, there from, all parts of the country, and 


_ they would call for females to finish up. their entertainment. , But,” he con- 


tinued, “they br ought i in five damsels, all of one family... They. were...Cal- 
dea’s daughters, so frail, but, O, how beautiful... They. were fearfully fright- 
ened, and wept continually.”, - When he had. ‘related, thus, far, A crept, close 
to his side, and it did seem. as if my heart would burst with, on and fear. 
He did: not observe me, and he continued, «When they, were, brought. before 


. the, King, he said, ‘Give them all to me... I love the fair haired, damsels. of 
Caldea: Give them. to me; I will keep cee et all my. own. 


oop hen, Caiphas 
answered, ‘They have been brought here for the priesthood, and, none may 


_ demand them until after the feast.’ Josephus being present, ‘said, agi 


. daughters are, beautiful, but they are too frail to be. ‘held by | the priests, 


they are, they will surely die” _ Then Caiphas, arose to his feet. and waar 
you dare hold those damsels from the anointed priests, Pontias Pilate, I will 
: bring. forward your favorite concubines, and your, two eldest daughters, to 
supply their place. And you, Josephus, if you dare hold tho: ‘e dam-els from 
us,. 1 will command you to be beheaded before the morrow noon.’ But Jo- 


sephus made one more attempt like this. “These damsels will be. crush ed to - 


death, ere the day dawns upon you, and you, Caiphas, will be. _Recountable 








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_ for their,death.” ;, Then, Gaiphas answered, ‘Iwill take » the, fairest of them 
po all, Fade hold her: fein, all others.’ Then, he turned, to’ me, and said;'“H-re, 
4. chamberlain, take these damsels to, their, chambers,’ where the concubines 
»ohave. been carried out... As I.conducted them along, and was») ‘compelled; to 
»:(¢lose,the door upon, them, one after another, I felt L.was assisting in the: de- 
| stroying of} the holiest; things that God had ever created, but; when, I, come 
6" to.the youngest of them, all, 1 held her little hand inj mine, while! her. bitter 
a ignefrentmy heart, as’ she said, “Lead me to my sisters, and: Lwill die there , 
{ if.you, wish me to’) I turned away, knowing full,-well. ber’, deom.; Tears 
be would flow, and I am not ashamed to acknowledge. the same... But}when I 
. looked upon her again, her head was bowed, and she ‘said, ‘My mother. is 
there, how,glad L.am you have.come.’ | Then I led her into the room and. 
J closed, the door, but, I have never forgot that holy;face, and) when,I looked 
yu pen, that boy, I thought he looked. like her.” Here he gave a deep sigh, and 
) 1 dared,not, breathe... »He began again, ‘That night»the priests had a drunken 
e _ feast, and ere morning dawned, the'two youngest, were deaa.”.. | I heard, no 
_.more—-L saw no.more, but. I fell, fainting, at his feet. . He raised me .up 
», and bathed. my head, and ere) I could open my eyés, I-heard him say, “How 
4 much he looks now. as that sweet flower of Caldea looked when I was com- 
_fpelled to close the door upon her, that was not opened again, but to. admit 
_.the-anointed priests, that crushed hvr to death, and Ido not’ think she could 
» [be more ‘than eleven years old.” Here I gave a shriek, and he said, “What 
can thisimean?”, The herdsman answered, ‘You are relating the destruc- 
ition of his. own.dear sisters, and it is more than he can endure, as he has_al- 
- ways. hoped. they ,would, come: back again.” Then I said, “Tell all. I 
eo) Can}! no’.more ‘than. die... [cannot breathe... Do tell me, is there not 
.jone living?” “There. is,” he, said; . ‘have courage, the one. that: Cai- 
_ phas held as his.own,,lived. and bore a beautiful boy, so, like his mother, 
«and they call him Jude, but I. have not seen them for a long time, as 
oot fled. the, court about the time the beautiful’ damsels of» Caldea)were 
; brought there, but L.inquire whenever.I can.” “No tidings,” I said, “of the 
others”, J said, “Are. they, living, or are they dead? : Tell me, O, tell me, 
_ else I cannotilive.’ |. Then he answered, “Ere the sun sat. on the following 
, day, the priests entered their rooms, and they both found) relief in death.” 
_Lben I heard.no more, but Jay like one dead all of that) night, and a part of 
the next day. . Then the herdsman’s children came to me and said; ‘We will 
. be your sisters,.and, love you;even,as your own.” Filled with grief,as I 
was, 1 turned to. that family and found relief. 
.» -Dcontinued with the)good herdsman until Iwas twenty-one, then. I was 
- betrothed and wedded tothe fairest of them; all, my beautiful Hagar... Here 
‘ _ may heart ceases its beating: . How can/L go on, yet for the sake of my angel 
_Joved ones, I will suffer again the agony and despair I suffered in my earth 


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-eareer. According to the laws of that country,'none could: be’ ‘lawfully’ ‘mar- 
ried but by an anointed priest, and he had’a right to ‘hold the. ‘bride | “as long 
as he chose, after he had pronounced her the wife of another.: “And as'T led 
my beautiful Hagar before the priest; my heart beat as I saw he looked’ upon 
her, with hell: burning in. every expression. | ° Fetohe performed” the 
ceremony, and pronounced her mine. ‘He reached out ‘his hand and said, 
“Come, damsel, I desire you, and your husband can go away, and ‘prepare 
for your coming.” . At that moment my beautiful bride fell, fainting, to the 
floor, fur she did know her doom was sealed. I said, “0; BAe her tome; I 
will feed and clothe the heathens, and I will toil for you.” ‘I had “stooped 
down to raise her up, and he bade me be gone, as he called to a confessor 
and said, “Care for this Hebrew; I will care for the damsel. Go, now,” he 
said, “or I will have you beheaded in this hour.” And as I stepped back 
the priest threw his arm about my angel loved one, and bore. her from’ my 
sight. Holy God, I cannot tell any one what I suffered when I went back, 
alone, to the home of my father; that I had prepared for my loved one. Day 
after day passed away, and I saw none that could give me tidings of my Ha- 
gar, and I was in despair. Five:days passed away, and as the sun was: ‘going 
down, I saw a drooping form nearing my home. At first I thought it was a 
begger, but as I caught a glimpse of her face I'saw it was indeed my bride, 
but O, how changed. She could hardly support her weight upon ‘her’ feet. 
Her garments were torn, and her beautiful hair was hanging in disorder 
about her face and shoulders. TI flew to her, folded her to my bosom, and 
we wept together. I bore her into our home, prepared food for her, as she 
was nearly famished, and as we were sitting together, and the twilight ‘was 
setting around us, a confessor came to the door, and said, “I should ‘like’ to 
have a night’s lodging here.” I answered, “I am not prepared to entertain 
you.” As he saw my wife he said, “I must have the bride tonight.” I 3 
swered, “She has been held by the priest, and she is nearly dead even now.” 
Then 795 said, “Give her me eight days, and Iwill’ never trouble you 
again.” He stepped forward, and was about to lay hands upon my wife. I 
‘eaught up ‘a billet .of wood and felled*him to the floor, then I beat him’ to 
death. I dragged him from my house, dug a-hole and tumbled him i in; then 
covered him over, stamped down the earth, that none could see where’ he 
lay. There in that home I dwelt until God had blessed me with nine 
children—three boys and six girls. | But when my youngest boy was five, 
and my youngest daughter eight, God called my Hagar, and I lay her inher 
earthy bed to rest. ‘This being in the autumn, when the next sammer came 
I was compelled to go to Antioch, with a load of hides, to exchange’ for gar- 
ments for my family. When my oxen were ready, and awaited my coming, 
I entered my home, and said, “God must care for you while IT am’ away, as 
a strange fear falls upon me, as the heathens are in'a great commotion con- 








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cerning a Hebrew that has a pricé set upon his head, and they are deter-. ~ 
mined to crucify him, as they do their worst felons.” My eldest daughter 
asked, “What has he done?” » I answered, “He has declared the ever pres- 
ence of God and his angel children ” She answered, “What a'pity he should 
die for that. I see my mother daily.” I answered, “Breathe it not, daugh- 
ter, outside of your home, lest you should be accused of heresy.” Then I 
knelt in their midst, and prayed that my beloved family-should be kept from 
harm, and that the angels would direct them. But, as I bowed my head, no 
answer came to me. I-then bade them farewell, and hastened away. Some- 
thing ge to say, “Fearful is the destiny of your family, ere you come 
back: again.” 

LT reached Antioch, after eight days, edaticdiveh my hides and started 
back, hoping to find my family even as I had left them. Day after day wore 
away, and at last I came in sight of my home. | I heard the cattle lowing, 
and a strange feeling came over me, and my home seemed so silent. I flew 
to the door, and’as I pushed it open, I'staggered. back, being nearly suffoca- 
ted with the effluvia'of the dead. But I gained courage, and looked in. 
There lay my first born, across the doorway, beheaded. Near him lay my 
‘fourth born, with his feet toward the brother, also beheaded, and there in 
the corner of that room, where I had bid farewell to my children, lay my 
darling boy—my last gitt from God—with his brains drashed out. “Holy 
God,” I said, “you gave me those holy children to biess me, and you have 
taken them back in thy mercy, but.where, O, where are my daughters? 
Who can tell me?” Then I went to the shed, where the cattle had appa- 
rently been fastened for days. I let them loose, but nothing more could I 
learn from my absent daughters. ‘There I rested my head upon the fence, 
and asked God to direct me. But no kind voice greeted me with, “Dear 
_ father has come home.” There I lingered untilI saw a Hebrew boy ap- 
proaching me. I said to him, “My boys are dead, but who can tell me of 
my daughters?” He replied like this: “Kight days ago a band of Hindoo 
priests and confessors passed through this country, that was going to Judea, 
that they could be at the crucifiction of a heretic, which would be as soon as 
they could oa him.” TI said, “O tell me of my daughters. God will care 
for his own.” He answered, carelessly, “They went all through this coun- 
try, and there i is not a female left alive for leagues around, that is over five 
years ‘old, and when I saw them coming with their battle axes I run away, 
as fast as I could, and hid in the ferns yonder, and asI lay there, I heard 
females screaming, but I did not,dare, look to see who they were. But I 
heard one say, ‘Those Hebrew damsels are beautiful to look upon.” “An- 
other answered, ‘You may look upon their beauty to-day, but 1o-morrow you 
would turn from them.’ . As I lay still, I beard their groans and shricks, 
all night, and [)think you will find them in the. forest, beyond the ferns.” 


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“Phe boy said, “Let us go and)see.. I guess the heathen ‘priests are dlligone ‘9° 
before now?” “No,” I said, “God help me, I. will first bury my dead, that lies 
in a state of decay, then if any are alive I can bring them here:? © Then'd. «s 
opened the door, that the air could circulate, ere’ dare enter’ my«once! hap-> 1% 
py home. .Phere:I dug‘a ‘grave, large ‘enough for them: all, then I took my o'> 
first born, and wrapped him ina blanket,:and lay him imhis' coldy damp'*bed..19 
Then the next, a: sweet -youth of:nineteen; I Jay:him beside his brothera% 
But) when I: entered my home for:my darling boy, and:looked uponuthat 4 
once sweet, sunny face, bruised and blackened, my :courdge gave way,and Ten 
fell to the floor... And as I lay there, gasping for breath,/a handowas lain mi«) 
mine, and I heard a sweet voice say, “Brother, God is here. Arise, and bury nd 
your dead.” I arose tomy feet; and approached my*boy, rai-ed’ himain my — 


arms, and bore him away, and: Jay him» beside his brothers!) (Then Iday od 


dried grass upon them, and filled the grave with dirt.;' Then I fell upon that» 
grave and said; “Come back to me, O, yé angels bright, then, I will giveyour»» 
spirits:into the hands of your father, God, but the ‘bodies ‘I-vclaim..as! i dt oF 
own.” Then I sought the forest, alone, a8 the boy ‘had fled:me.!) I fdllowed » 


the path until I entéred alrdving.\\ yo i@ia.git e-orton Whod ttl Coe ql ote i 
t ores HARD ry fi, agdon edt brawod idet “aid Re ated” direot 
va yal wenaitide ger ot Howard bid hail Tord (aloo TP te tenes ae 

J rhevit dig leat yor vod yoitiab 

. fod cooly ont 6vew Hoy” bie 1 bow 

ae See Bp les qo yay af Wad Tt ft aan 

CHAPTER XT 1 a a eR ni 

Chita ait e on t wads t > OT? 

wt iiway 

Holy child of God assist me, I cannot br eathe. , Pray, for me, vent of a 


“humanity— holy. revelator of facts for us all, FF riend, ask your: own. inner lifes, id 
if you could look, upon your own five daughters, stripped of their _ garments, i 
knowing they had been crushed to death, and live? . _ Answer me, and let all 
coming ages know if you could look upon that, sight and liver. (Ans wer. 
No! No! I could not live in my mental body, but. I should. be, compelled... 
to exist in spirit, if I would.or no. As I have been commanded 1 to answer, |, i 
so I have answered. From my own inner life, I breathe it, and, iG AM, sure». 
there are not. but a few mothers but would answer the same. Serabe, Ay aah 
There, as I gazed upon the five, my ‘heart answered, “There is one “more 34 
As I looked around, I saw another ‘naked body laying upon, the ground.» 


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near a brook. As [ turved toward her, I heard a deep groan, and _ ‘knew a ss. 


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that life was there. I knelt beside her, as I heard her say, “God has heard” 
my prayer., Father has come ere I died.” There she lay with’ one hi and 
upon her heart, the other reaching toward the running water. “Her pale 
check rested upon the damp earth, her eyes were closed, but the’ “heart "ein" r 
heat. Icalled her by name, and her eyelids” ‘unclosed, and she said, Path: hy 

er, an angel held me from death, and here she is beside me. Her fade sis 


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like'diamond brightness) but her eyes! and hair are dark and beautiful. She’ 
sat beside me’all night, and she’said’ spout were domain gut “Darling | Ketu-/'% 
baby? D'shouted)do not die—I am all alone. Breathe. for! me, my daveh- 
ter, and I will bless God forever. I -willraise -you in'my arms, and bear” 
you to your home, and if it please Godjtyou will live'for me and humanity.” 
I raised her'im:myarms;‘and:as I was bearing her along, her breath came \ 
deep; and she begun like this: “FatheryI must have slept a long time, but’ ° 
when:Lawoke I found myself beside:the’ brook, and! when: I looked, I) saw) 
that*Holy: angel beside me.” And she lay: her “hard on my heady and I 
could breathe) free,’as her arms had been folded around ‘my ‘neck ;' but ‘now © 
shé released her*hold;and Ithouglit she’ was’ dying): “I ‘sat down by’ the’ 
way,’andstill held her im my’ bosome” She gave a deep groan, and then be-" 
gan by saying, “The cruel:priests have destroyed all of your family,’ brother.» 
The boys attempted to hold the doorvagainst themy but they foreed an. en" 
tranee, and’ dashed them tothe floor. Then they hurled:the little boy against: » 
the hotise and he tell dead. Then they cauglit up:thy daughtérs, ana fled» 
into: the forest:: 'There you found them, as the ‘fiends left them—dead. 
When) they «were «all gone, I drew near, andsaw that life was left in this 
bodys: She had fainted, and I eontrolled her, and: bore. her: to the ’brook, 
where I bathed her face and head-with her own hands... When I: found I 
could held the body no Jongery I lay it down where: you found it. (I still», 
cared for her,as I did).know; you. would’ be: alone. (But .God’s children 
have nzed of, your care and protection, and; when. you have done all thvre is 
to be done. for your, loved ones, I will bear you to! them. that .are, in trouble. 
‘Beset as. they, are, aid they must have. ,. You ‘will go toward Antioch, there . 
you,_will find, the, true and faithful, that are laboring to, lay, the. foundation 
for anointedpriests and;confessors. to be chained,and; bound forever... Yet. , 
ages on ages must roll away, ere they can lay the chief corner stone for the ,, 
great temple of treth to be reared that will endure forever. . Then, and not 
until then, will that faithful band of God’s children behold. the reward. of 
‘their labors. _ But.now they are toiling, and, sweating drops of, blood, be- 
cause the. hand of the taskmasters are upon them, that is heathen damned 
in priestly robes, but when a holy band can be. freed from the oppressiv ey 
ignorant, benighted souls, that would chain the infinite if he was in their 
power. When light can be diffused throughout the earth, then, and not un= 
til then, can the Infinite Father be recognized by his own children. When 
the child-can say I am thine, my father, then earth will release all of her 
faithful martyrs, and they will find rest in the bosom of his love, and the 
fountain of God's love will flow into every angel breast, that will flow o’er 
all of théir conscious life, and’ they will be blessed. Yet agés on ages must 
pass away eré you, Stephen, will be called’back to finish up your labor, and 
the’ keystone: finds its resting place through freedom’s ‘seal, which dain never 
be bruken.’ “But you, my biTrHRE, will hasten away to the humble Nazarene, © 
and assist in bearing him along, until he is hung upon the éross.. ‘There’ you 


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will breathe out your life at the foot of the cross. Then you will be borne, 


away to your family, but the hour will surely come, when earth: will demand 


you again. And now, brother, go.and bury your dead... I must. ‘0 to the © 


holy lamb that is to be slain. » Farewell.” «5. Te a 


As I bent down I saw: the face of my daughter;was linia in. doathils “Ho. | 


ly God,” I said, “she has left me forever.” No answer came back, but. that. 


sweet voice was hushed forever. I then bore: her into my home; and lay her: 
upon her own couch... There I knelt beside her, and: asked God to direct), 
me. Then I left her, and went back into the forest... There\I dug: a grave; |: 
large enough for my five holy. bodies, ,. Them I claimed as,my own, know-.. 
ing full well,God had extracted the life he gave, but to:bless me. When I. 
had prepared the bed, I knelt besidesmy Saloam, and said,“Thy father» will, 
raise thee up, and lay. you where you ¢annot again bé :crushed: by ’ heathen, 

brutes... Flowers -will bloom, upon thy: grave, daughter, and: angels will | 


gnaid each unfulding bud! ,. Thou wert. all. good;:and God. will care. 


for you.” » Then I raised the decaying body in my arms, and lay it) in’ 
the bed prepared for them all. Again I seek my dead, and stoop o'er the. 
body of my [Hildah... “Love; beamediin thy eye, daughter, and-aysmile:upon 
thy lip ever blessed) thy father... When he» was weary,’ it: gave him rest, 
and now, daughter, I will rest thee from fear, and God will rest thee from 
care”. I raised: her up, and lay: her down by: her sister, as they used to» 


lie, in their own bed. Another I will raise up fromthe “damp ‘earth,’ 


straighten her limbs in the last resting place of five ang-ls.. “Sweet shall be” 
_ thy repose, daughter, my fair haired Leona. ’ Sweet flower of spring, your 


fatier’s heart was ‘filled ‘with love’ for thee, the hour you breathed earth’s 


air. Thirteen summers gladdened this heart, that is now broken. © Thou © 


did’st plant flowers, they bloomed, but thou wert the fairest ‘of them all, and - 
thy sweet voice was sweeter to me than the aroma of the’ lilly, but thou hast 
been crushed beneath fiends in human form. | I will lay yas beside pei sis- 
ters, and you will forget all.” 


Now friend, pray for me, in'the holy name of Jehovah God, ere I can | pa 


gain courage and strength enough to live over again, the agony I suffered i in 


laying away my beloved Serah. Holy God, assist me. My heart bleeds: anew, ' 
as [ kneel be-ide the mother’s darling angel. “Loyed one, thou did’st. find rest A 


in thy mother’s holy bosom, and I will lay thee down beside thy sisters, and . 
thou hast fallen asleep—a sleep that knows no wakening. Thy. mother’s _ 


bosom will rest the spirit. even while I kneel beside the mortal form. Dar-. ) 


ling Serah, I will cover you over for the last time, then I will seek. him that 


is to lay down all he has for coming ages, through his being hung upon the ,, * 


cross. I shall come to you,in a home where anointed priests cannot come. 
and crush my, little lamb again. Farewell, my sweet earth flower, I must. 


launch upon the turbid waters, that will bear me to you. _ But you cannot .. 


bless me again in earthy form—-in spirit, you will be mine,” 





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_ Then I covered them over with dried leaves, that the damp: earth should 
_not fall upon their sweet faces, and God gave me strengih to fill that grave. 
Then [I fell upon it, and wept, until my breath went out. How Jong I lay 
there, I know not, but when my breath came back, and I arose to my feet, 
the stars were shining. 1 could but exclaim, “Darling loved ones, I leave 
you in the hands of my father God, while I will seek to bless his children.” 

I went: back to my desolate home.:: There lay my idaughrer, cold: in 
death. I knelt: beside her, and) rested my face upon her cold forehead. 
There I dedicated myself to humanity, and made oath that I would a-sist in 
slaying the dragon, that had robbed 'me of my holy gifts, that God had given 
me, to bless me. ‘There I knelt, asking aid of God to assist me, and his 
angel children, to lead’me home. © Day «did ‘dawn, and a ‘holy leht was 
around me, and an angel hand was lain in mine, as ‘she said, “Come, brother, 
I will assist you in your last labor for your family, that you may hasten 
away to those that still linger in earth forms.” She led me to where my 
boys were sleeping, as she said, “Beside her brothers she will sleep, in their 
earthy condition, while they will all find rest in’ a higher condition than 
earth can give them—a house not made’ with hands, eternal, he'd in God’s 
own law, free from the wicked devices of children of darkness.” 

There I dug.a grave, and bore out my child, aud covered her over, 
Again I fell to the earth, and could not rise in my own strength. “But when 
I awoke, day and night had passed away, and the morning star shed its rays 
upon my bed, and I was laying there as in days’ gone by. How I came 
there, I know not. I said, “O, what’ a fearful dream canie over me.” But 
I soon saw I was alone with the living, and not the dead, as my fainily were 
all aroued me in spirit, and my. companion asked me what they should do 
I said, “God’s angel children will come and bear you away to a home bereft 
of fear, and I will meet you there.” 

I then arose from my bed, prepared barley bread, and at high noon I 
began my journey toward Judea’s borders. : 


CHAPTER XII. 


Who among you have courage to follow a heart-broken traveller on his 
way? Let him come with me, as 1 am journeying along desolate and 
alone. : 

The first night threw her dark mantle around me ere I was aware of it, 
as I had been lost in thought... When I could not discern the way, I crept 
beneath a hedge of ferns. There I lay, and communed with my God and 
his angel children. There I beheld the future, and I did know I must die. 


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awl Led earth, 'to a oni tend There we: shall dwell raed poli ; 


ages, praising God and blessing each other.” But! a’ change will comé/and Pr" : 
shall ‘be brotght back tovearth again.” Bat  T'could not’ see’ beyord' ‘the! 
brighé light; that was filling-all earth..|' ‘Phen’ I *fellasleepy: and*furgot myo’ 
vision, and my ‘broken ‘heart forgot its anguish for atime. “As the!sum awas 

rising, I awoke; and hastened: on vey | way, led by the angel that came! to me 


when jliwas imdespainy disco slim bus itiasidd oF eevet bodman DP eiaE 


Seven days) I journeyed on, until’ J ose Chaledon. th ‘There I found, |» 
him'I sought, in the home of'a Hebrew. | As Isdrew near, ’that. holy light, ;.. 
led. me until we reached the threshold. . “Phen she. left..me, ‘and folded the , 
holy Jesus in her own light, as she, said, ‘Come; in, *Stephen, you are wel-,.., 
come hefe.”, Nae ) + de sdb dodil teef Ghee al soy juierw Ifiw 

But, as I entered, Lj saw) dinany lean ee ee the float, some, jn.rags, some, ,, 
in decent,garments.. There I saw God made manifest through. his. children, ‘od 
—a power I could not: comprehend at, thatjtime... But I.did.see bright forms... 4 
everywhere around us. , Jesus/knelt,down, still in the embrace of; that, holy. RS 
ray of light. A‘form. was: there; I, knew. it was, God's. child, that, was bear- » 
ing the, burden, for.us ;all, as best, she could, and. her, prayer, was, this: 
“Father of immensiy, hold thy. children , from, doubting. thy..ever presence A 
and thy. many mercies. Weary, though they..may) be, ,yet, thou will surely, 1 
give them rest; In thy own wisdom they. are held, from death, that; COMING » 
ages may ‘be, held from darkness, death and, despair. ; And ai yseunston 
of light bear them along, that through their lives and their deaths they may. 
bless, human: yy, and, give thee the, glory, holy, eternal light, from, which, api, le 
draw our Jife,our all.”,, Then, she; breathed away, from:bim, and‘he:leoked. » 
around, and said, ieee has come, to ‘be. Jain. upon. the | altar of human »,, 
sacrifice,, QO, my,,God,,bind.up his; broken, heart, that he, may) breathe, out of 
his earth condition, filled with hope, filled. with love for thee and, humanity.” Sid 
“Am n,” I answered, “I am ready now to do my work for the ROOF, be- 
nighted children of humanity.” 

Then we ate, and lay down to.rest, but early in the morning we started 
for Antioch. But ere we reached there, we were met by a confessor, and he 
said, “You are going to be hung, and | shall be back in time to assist in the 
work.” He flew past us; armed as he was, he séemed to fear us. We en 
tered Antioch, and there were many gathered from all parts of the countr 2 
Sick’ and suffering as they were, they shouted, “He i is coming, ie ‘will heal 
us” There we formed ourselves in’ a circle, in the centre” ofl the ghuare.”” 
Jesus said, “Bring forth your sick, one at a time, and God will heal all that?”® 
can be healed through the natural law, and none other.” ee became filled. 
with life. As I breaded deep, ise Was filled with électrieity. “aay werd a 


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neal But others we nt‘dway, filled with!’ disease ‘that Goa eotild not reach bi 
throiee his wn breath, electrié life. ° But ‘ere night'clo-ed ‘in upon us, we oe 


sought! for a plage of rest. T left’ thein, and went” ‘beyond the’ Hill, ‘and the” 
conféssors Saw me, and’ ‘they sought to lay hands upon me. “I was’ aidyunicipt 


to five into’ the forest, bearing toward ‘Tyre, as the holy” controller “ot Jesus, 


Leiah; hadddelared that! we should be scattered,'but we must’ méet™ eat! of! 
Tyré; as after cor ae he world vob us: ehaniet to'fini-h up our Y labor: da 


and‘ go home.” ei al a bitd a V4 ; bi bah AJ} és ) )§} Dee 


For’ days T rdvsaepseh abies in the fret until hunger: volt tein ‘me to 


seek’a herdsman’s hut, and ‘asi for bread. “But the’ time did ‘come wlien we° | 


were brouzht together; by the same hand that had held us from death. 
There’ was'a great commotion among the heathens...’ I accosted’ a’ lads 


and‘asked him the cause of it... He, answered, «“The crazy man has come” 
down fromthe’ mountains, and they are going to crucify him.” T hastened’ 


away ‘from ‘him, and followed ‘the by-places, until I. came to a green slope, 
There I saw a great multitude gathering toyether from. every direction. 

As! Edrew near, Ivsaw Jesus | was )coutrolled,,.and) I ‘heard shims say, 
“Gather together all of the feeble in one band, that:they may draw’ strength. 
fromalmighty strength, that: they muy live long enough for God to be glori-» 
fied through their death, and they be prepared fora brighter sphere, and may 


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they be baptised by the breath of Jehovah: God, even ‘here, that) they) may ©: 


seek to learn their way to heaven, beyond earth, where they may find rest.” 


The holy brother then lay down, like’ one that’could not rise again. His’ , 


mother knelt beside him, and folded Wis arn ‘around him)and burst ‘into 
tears, as ‘he said, “Joseph, take him to ‘thyself, even now.” He, my last, my 


loved’ one, T; eve to thee, thou life of all liféland Twill seek him ‘in thy bo- “ 


som, iny ‘Coa s raised him up as ‘he breathed one word, “ ‘Mother.” ‘Then 
he fell back 4 ain. John and Bartholomew came forward, and said, “Let' 
us bear him away béside’ the fire, that ‘he may be made more comfortable, 


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and ‘you, “Siephen, assist Mary, and we will cover them o’ér, and let them — 


rest.” “Rest,” said Mary; “where will my beloved Jesus rest, but in a ho- 
lier condition than earth can give?” . A'l of the histories give facts concern. 
ing, the, journey. from Tyre to Mansion and my testimony could but add 
one more, line. to the records of despiir that was made manifest through the 
suffering of the Hebrews and. Calde ‘ANS, also some of Judea’s children. 
There came in their midst a heathen confe: :sor, by the name of Mathew. 
We commanded him to_ “go back, but he declared he feared to go, as they 
would accuse him of heresy. Jesus’ br eath came deep, and he said, “Hold 
him here, because, if he goes away, he will return with a battle axe.” Then 
we held our peace. He remained qui t. until the eight day ; ;, then he sought, 
to lead us beyond a hill. Jesus turned to us, and, said, ‘Beware, lest: you. 
fall.” Then we kept on our way, buts re thorning dawned upon us we were 
thrown into confusion, by a pattle axe “being thrown into our midst. Mathew 


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held his way along with us, until we entered J erusalem, and there, he, was. 
beheaded, being found among. the heretics. Here I must give answer to, the. 3 
teachings of. to-day. Mathew is held, through priestly devices, as. a holy. 
thing, and a, book, bearing his name, ‘has long been held before the ‘benighted _ 
children of earth. How could he keep: records, when he could not. have... 
read his own name, had it, been. held before him. +. Here. we. will give him 
credit, all that is his due; and nothing more. |, He was an anointed confessor,“ 
and he was a brute, and his own history, given by himself, will be found. in‘... 
a book. called. “Sayings. and’ Doings of Anointed Priests and Confessors.”. 
Then, coming ages will know whether to hold him asa saint, or hurl him... 
from them, asa filthy thing.. When he. saw. he could mot deceive the holy. 


breath that was there, he remained quiet until he was,seen by the enraged 


priesthood. They dragged him away, and, beheaded him, ere Jesus was! . 
crucifid. Here I need not attempt to. give relative to the sufferings,’ 
of that holy, but de:zpised, people. Crushed earthy, but: Lhiadl In. hanno 


filled with light, filled,with love, filled with God. 


From the time I came to them, I did all:I could to saleviate stheids eek 
suf ring. I did see Jesus raised up, after he was nailed to\the cross. Idid’ 
see his mother kneel at the foot of the cross. I did see her dragged away. 
by her hair, by confessors, commanded by the men ‘Priest, easton and nse ji 


head was’struck off in the same hour.: 


Conc.usion.—I have finished my work for thees O humanity, eesti | 


bid you a last farewell, I will kneel in humble prayer, before my father, God, 


and ask his aid in holding his own created from the dark, benighted souls, 


dwelling in mortal forms, robed in priestly garbs, that are working eyil in- 


stead of good; holding themselves before humanity as holy things, that they. ? 
may be looked upon as chosen instruments, to,leadand guide God's. children = 
home; that God may find that; which he had lost. _ Nothing is lost, God. , 
forgets not his own, wherever their destiny may. be cast. He breathes upon: . 


him, and in his own time: blesses his own created. , 


Praver.—Filled with life from thy life—Alled with light from thee—I | 


would leave earth's children all I have to giv e—my blessing. Lead, 0, lead 


thy humble revelator into the green pastures of thy love, beside the still wa-_ 


ters of thy many mercies. Bedeck her with holy garments, and may their 
many f.lds sparkle with diamonds, denoting good. acts, by blessing - the poor 
and needy, and soothing the aching heart, when it is beating i in fear. Grant 


her, O my. God, a life filled with thy own light, that she may ald thoze in i 
darkness, that they may beholi thee, as thou art, filled with © wis -dom, filled 


with light, filled with love for those that seek to feed the lesser mind. "And 


may the life-line be drawn full by thy own hand, that she may assist us in 
finishing up our earth labor, and free us from the demand that is ‘upon us, 


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held by humanities necessities, and when the hour comes for her to sleep her 
last sleep, earthy, may my family be blessed by a freed spirir, fill d with 
dey light, filled with faith, and filled with love for thee, O, my God and ‘hu- 
manity. -Then my angel loved ones will chant a hymn to welcome the 
“weary servant ‘of you all home to rest. These holy blessings we would ask 
of. thee, father, God. Now farewell, HRUGGRA. Farewell, my dear friend 
and sister. ‘me will come to you when God extracts his cwn from materiality, 
and assist in bearing you away beyond the reach of man. ‘Jarewell. 


CHAPTER XIII. 


TESTIMONY OF JUDE. 


DrEcEMBER 23, 1870; 


Light fails around me, bright faces come before me, and I catch their 
sweet accents as they breathe upon me. Voices from the deep past cail me. 
I will again answer, I am ready to breuthe for you, my dear brother. I am 
ready to suffer with you, and bear your burden, that your sorrows may be 
lightened, even while you live over again the grief that fell upon you’ in 
youth, the suffering of manhood, and the agony of a ‘fearful apie — 

» Sertbe. 


| Here I declare myself Jude, the son of Caiphas, the High Priest, As I 
am to lay down my earth history, I will write them before you, child of des- 
tiny, revelator for God’s children that were drawn into the whirlpool of con- 
fusion, concerning light being attracted to earth through the holy Hebrew 
family, and they declared the presence of a living God, and_ the presence of 
his angel children. The first I recollect distinctly was, when I was about 
four years old, being called into the ehamber, where the king’s children were 
at play. One of the children said, “Look, Jude, see what a fine caretaker 
we have got. See what pretty blue eyes he has got, and fine wavy. hair, 
and he is so kind to.us.” At that moment he raised his eyes to mine, and I 
loved him from that moment. At that time I was permitted to remain 
there at least half an.hour, then I was called to goto my mother. I saw 
she had been weeping. I did not ask why, but I said, “O, what a pretty 
caretaker the king’s children have. I wish he could come here.” She an- 
swered, “That cannot be. Your father says you must never go into: his 
presence again.” From that time I used to cry to go and see the pretty 
Hebrew, until I was told he did not care for the children, but be had become 


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Chamberlain, ..-Day, .by,,.day, 1 looked upon: him,, but was not, permitted to 
speak to him, , “Theo, after, By time, ] he, was 3 gon. ne, I neyer knew, 9h ere) fie 
Was, . told. “after, he was the one that emit fe much, ‘commotion, in seer 
,, There; I dye! t, Jn, ; MY. mother’ "s chamber, until LT I was fourteen years.old, I 
Le had. a. little apartment, ‘adjoining my mother’ s,, Where AB, Ere Teft, my q 
_mother ri do know. she had three children born, as:I T heard; the em. ory,and 
ther. their voices would be. hushed. ‘But I did Bee, BP nen. lying en. the 
foot of my mother’ 5 bed, and it was, ad rh rk. purple. “tr I. asked ,my mother 
whose baby that was. She made* no os but covered her face with her 
hands and burst into tears. Soon a man came inand carried itaway. This — 
happened when I was a little boy, not more than five years old. It had al- 
ways been the custom to take a boy from his mother’s chamber at fourteen, 
to be educated, and as my time drew near, my mother seemed filled with 
grief, and would sit beside me for hours and hold my hand in hers. One 
day she seemed uncommonly ill, and I sat beside her as she lay upon her 
couch. She reached her hand to me, as she said, “My dear boy, your father 
has told me you are to go from here ere the sun goes down, and I feel it 
my ‘duty to’tell you why I am here, and why Caiphas is your father. I 
| know I can never look.upon you.again, ‘alter you leave; ‘me, as) your! father 

"_sdintends you, for an anointed. priest, and I cannot, dive, had you havejfinished 
your education... But I would: have you, know: I am not:here:by my ‘consent. 
Nowelisten, dear Jude, to the words.of a dying, mother, and diereafier;if;you 

can, assist, the: poor, crushed’ damsels.of, Galdea, and; hold;them! from being 
destroy ed; remember that is, your mother’s ,blood; and:she.will seon go to her 
own. My father, was chief ruler in Mesapotamia, and he was fearfally+,af- 
fected by the heathen priests dragging away, and destroying, | ci 

» dau ghters, and he started to go to J jerusalem, loping the king’ ‘could assist in 
repelling thé invaders. But ere he could reach there, | he “was. beset! by a 
band of confessors, and destroyed, ‘and we’ heard of itithe ‘day a band of “con- 
fessors Game and bore away my four sisters and myself.” ‘Thad a : Tittle 
“brother; his name ‘was Stephen ; ‘named for his grandfithér, © If he is s living v 
or dead, Lknow not. I'am ‘relating my history, ‘that you ean tell ith the 
‘fate of his Sisters, if you should ever see him. TI do ‘know he ‘was’ not ‘de- 

4 i ii when we were borne away. Say to him his ‘dldest sister’ diva" ere 
“morning dawned upon her, in this house, and in this room where: Tain’ “how 
 @ying, the first night after we were brought’ here; and’ the one’ ‘next “(6° her 
' died ére the sun rose, and the two youngest angel sisters’ were’ eft ‘alone’ ‘un- 

"til their sisters died, and then they were crushed to death ere ni ght fellu upon 
“them, “And say to him, his third sister lived to suffer | more ‘than a “{housand 
“deaths could be brought about by naturés laws, but she will s soon be beyond 
the reach of drunken priests, and will’ find’ rest in ‘the’ “bosom of her wn be- 
loved i at hd she ceased | to speak 3 saw | Tig tears roll down her 


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_,gheeks, but she, soon continued, “They will make you one of. thems, livia ReY 
re will make you one ‘of them, my darling boy.” Bad tia it 
bang My. soul “yas wrung in Agony), and.) I said aa myself, ae will, live. to 
te avenge my. mother’ 3 wrongs.” . Then I lay down beside my mother, and 
bi folded my. arms around, her, é ees she seemed dearer to, me than ever. before. 
There we | both TEP t.until my, mother, fainted, and I could not TAHA At 
4 jdeath, ‘Bug. ae he hed recovered ie surprise, he, was slike, a ea incar- 
Tae. He. -caught, me;by my arm, and hurled me from my mother, as he 
» Said, ay | will teach you better acts than hugging you mother. in her bed. 
no bhey are waiting to. carry, you to ‘Antioch. Now be gone.” There, I left 
my, mother, dead. as. I supposed, but I learned after, that she lived one. year 
and ahalf, a poor heart- broken woman, calling for her. boy. When J was 
_ told. how. she mourned fp ml Ga A longed to die to, go to Rae although I had 
hit one, and eoule was so tees to ay nature I ce the FA cOHen. br it 
That, was,. I must hold forty different females, ere I could .be. anointed and 
take the. oath that was, demanded. Ihe hour did come when I was to be 
_ borne, back, to the court, and with an aching heart I begun my journey, 
_ knowing fall well my angel mother would not be there to cheer me. When I 
«i Teached there, Caiphas was away, and I sought the room where my mother 
lived and died... I,closed the door and fastened it, then. I knelt down. beside 
“the bed and poured out my whole soul. in pleading for my mother to come to 
. “me . Ere I ceased my dey otion, alight form fliited past me, and I shouted 
: “alow dy “Holy God, give me my mother.” That was the first time in my life 
had ever breathed that holy word, and it frightened me. My mother had 
es “tanght. it me, ina gentle whisper, but we never breathed it aloud. There 
: my. mother bad taught me ofa father God and his angel children being ever 
__ present. “But. my father never suspected his boy was being ta sught heresy, 
when he intended him for an anointed priest, Even while [I knelt there 
with my, God and my angel loved one, a loud knock was heard at the door, 
and there I bowed my head and asked God to direct me. Then J arose and 
’ ‘opened the door, and the chamberlain gave a message thus; “Caiphas de- 
' mands your immediate presence in the king’s chamber.” J obeyed, and_as I 
came betore the king, I greeted him. Then I turned to Caiphas. He reach- 
; ed his hand to me, and I lay my palm.in his, and he begun bike this: “You 
_ are now prepared to finish your education, and the, sooner you begin.. the 
, better.” J bowed my head, and;said, “I am ready to obey my father.” 
Then he said, “You can begin this day and hold. one female, and to-morrow 
. you.can: hold four, ang. as soon,as. you haye held forty you.shall be anointed, 
and become one of as.’ a was frightened, because I saw he was in earnest. 
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hardly compr¢hended his meaning, yet I was filled with | fear. “The hing 
said, “Don’t frighten the boy; he is a frail youth.” Caiphas answered, 
“Meat, strong drink, and females, will make him hardy.” * “His harsh expres- 
siot's caused me to shudder, and I could hardly breathe. ‘Then’ he said, | eS 
will call the fairest damsel in court, and she will bless you” “No, Ea said, 
“I do not wish herto come. Tam Sages and. cannot ‘obey you in that re- 
“spect, but obey you in all things I can.’ Then | my father raised his ‘hand 
ye! Abbe me to the floor. Iarose to my feet, and exclaimed, “God” help 
me.” Then he hurled me from him, and my head struck agaiest. the door- 
wzy, and the blood streamed down my face. Then the king said, “Caiphas, 
you must not kill the boy in my chamber, and I feel’ you are’ hasty. - You 
have been drinking strong drink. Go away, lie down ‘and sleep. “Leave 
the boy to me, and I will tes what I can do with him.” Caiphas — saw ‘the 
blood, and he knew he had been hasty, and he left the room without an an- 
swer.- As soon as he was gone, the king said, “Go and bathe. ‘I will call 
the chamberlain, and have you cared for.” The wound was dressed, then 
the king said, “Come here, Jude; you are a frail youth, and I fear Caiphas 
will kill you.” There I knelt beside the king, and his kindness caused me 
to forget my fear. I said, “O, king, let me go into the highlands until I be- 
come stronger, then I will try and obey my father.” “No,” said the king, 
“T cannot give my consent, lest Caippas will seek you out, and destroy you. ft 
“Then let me go without your consent.” The king said, “I am not ea 
able,” and he caid to the chamberlain, “Bring a herd:man’s suit, even now.’ 
He brought it, and I robed myself, then Knelt before the king, and aa 
“God bless you, good king, I will pray for you when lamaway.” The king 
covered his face with his hands, and wept, ashe replied, “My mother taught 
me to believe in God’s mercies, while my father would have destroyed us 
both, if he had have known it. Here boy, take this, you may need it,” he 


said, as he gave me a handful of gold. “I shall say to. Caiphas you “have 


gone into the country to get strength, in order to fulfil his wishes, but if you 
do not return he will send his spies everywhere to bring you back.” J an- 
swered, “God will direct me, and my angel mother will lead me. Farewell, 
good king, I shall not forget your kindness as long as I walk the earth.” 
Then I fled the court, not knowing where to go, but I made my way toward 
‘the highlands. Day after day, I journeyed along, until I found myself in a 
desert country. Night came on, and I was alone. There I sat down and 
fell asleep. I dreamed I'saw my mother, and said, “Jude, God cares che his 
own, and he will bring an angel bright to lead and guide you on.” I 
awoke, and light fell all around me, and a sweet voice breathed my name, 
and said, “God is here, and you will be lead to a place of rest.” Then she 
said, “Come, brother, come let us hasten away; my brother is waiting for 


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He is now beyond the cliff; we will mcet him there.” She lay her hand in 
mine, then I lost sight of her, and as she breathed her life into my life, I be- 
come strong and sped away, my feet hardly touching the ground. Ere I 
reached the cliff, I began to falter, then the same voice said, “Yet a little 
farther, and we shall meet my brother.” The earth again seemed to pass 
beneath my feet, until we stood upon the highest crag. There I saw a poor; 
frail man kneeling in prayer. The bright form seemed to leave me, drew 
near the humble man, and knelt beside him. As I drew near, I heard him 
Say, “Holy creator, God, I praise thee that you have brought back my angel 
_ sister, and him that i is to die for truth’s sake.” Then he arose to his feet and 
‘drew near ‘me, as he said, “God bless you, dear brother, I will lead you to 
“my ‘mother. She will give you food, and you will find rest beside me until 
you are called forth to begin your work. “He then laid his hand in mine, 
and the other in that of his angel friend, and we glided along, higher and 
still higher up the mountain, bearing northward. But ere the dark night 
closed in upon us, we reached a humble cot, and as my brother knocked at 
the door, a female opened it and as she held the torch in her hand, I thought 
she was the most beautiful female [had ever looked upon. She folded her 
boy to her bosom, and said, “I am blessed, I'am blessed. Holy God, I will 
praise thee forever.” He answered, “Dear mother, God alone has held me 
from death, and brought me back to you again.” , ‘Then. he. said, “Mother, 
I have. brought you a poor child of destiny, bruised and broken, but not ut- 
terly destroyed. . Prepare him some food, as God’s child..says: he has had 
nothing to eat for two days and a half.” :, Then. the holy child of. Mary 
breathed deep, and I saw he was in the embrace of an angel. Then he 
_ said, “Mary, 1 have brought him as I premised, and another one beside him. 
. Make him comfortable. . I must. take bim away ina, few days, but my, broth- 
er must remain beside you until Leiah comes, for, him, but. when he. goes 
down from the mountain home, he will never return: here again.” . Mary 
asked, “Am I never to see him again after he leayes me?” The angel an- 
gel answered, “You will go to him, but he cannot come here again.” I ask- 
ed, “Can I never again look upon my friend and sister after. my brother is 
Md from here?” She answered, “I am. your sister, and I shall come ‘to 
you in your hour of need. I shall go with you into Caldea, and shall not 
leave you until you are safe beside my brother, John. You will labor with 
him until Jesus i is called forth again to finish up his earth labor for the pres- 
ent age. I will then come to you, Jude, and lead you to him, that you can 
assist him in healing the sick, and. declaring God, that the inhabitants of 
earth may know who to worship in spirit and .in truth.’ My brother's 
breath, again come deep, and as the influence left him, he ‘opened his eyes 
and looked around, and said, “A holy calm has come oyer me that I never 
knew before. I am freed from care—I am freed from weariness—I am freed 
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holy calm. i is ya ce feel the md presence, Rays. of Tigh are een 
_God’s breath i is upon my brow, and I can behold earth filled with, i 
drawn from eternal light, and my humble prayer, shall ever 
nearer’ to thee, my God, may humanity be, through, ‘the light from 
thee, thou God of smmensity, until every soul can feel. thy, breath, h, 
and every child of thine shall say, there is no death. Then if shall 
feel my labor has. been rewarded, through thy. holy influence, ‘tracing 
lines filled with life, filled with light, filled with God's love for his own. My 
soul is ‘full of the light that is around me,. and I, too, feel to exclaim, ey am 
going home—my sun must set ere long, but it will rise ee —Seribe,, * 


My brother ate but a little, then we laid down to rest. After they wal 

all at rest, I could but exclaim, “Happy children of poverty, thou art plessec q 
in thy slumbers, fearing not thou art to be dragged from your. beds, ant id 
be dragged about by the drunken priests, as the poor females : are in the 
home I have fled from, where devils revel in drunkenness and debater 
through the dark hours of night, and where the fairest earth flowers are be- 
ing constantly blasted by those brutes in priestly robes, and when the poo | 
slaves are dragged out dead in the morning, others are brought in to supply 
their places. (I dare not declare what I know, as none of the present age 
could believe the depravity in a heathen court,) but what I have | seen I do 
know, and my heart aches, even now, for the blasted angels I have left be- 
hind, and if they could be freed, I would lay down my life for their free- 
dom.” As I breathed the last word, I felt a gentle touch, and I saw my 
mother kneeling beside me. A deep drawn sigh escaped her, as she breathed 
her life into my own, then I saw all of her past sufferings, and holy God, ] I 
could have damned the king, the priests, and the courtiers, when | another 

breath drew near, which seemed to say, “Veil those fearful scenes you have 
passed, dear sister, and look beyond. A‘home awaits you there, and you 

will be at rest, but thy boy will ‘become a human sacrifice for his angel 

mother, and then you will both be free.” My own breath came back, and | I 

fell asleep. Early in the morning the good Mary was _astir, and she _pre- 










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pared the barley bread, but before we ate, Jesus said, “This is Mary's feeble 
brother, and Martha, her only sister. _ They were compelled to flegwith my 
; family, else they would have been cut off years ago. Here are m brothers. 
oy This j is James ;. he prepares the fuel, and assists my mother, whil my father 
s isin the lowlands. earning bread for his family. Jessie is a feeble boy, but 
| he i is holy to, us all, as. God’ 8 child can, breathe through him as egsy as she 
can through me, and we are oftimes caused to exclaim, ‘ we are blessed above 
all men, even in this.desolate spot. . This is, our, darling Simeon, the joy 
of every heart’ 4 That day passed away, and I forgot my sorr Day by 
day passed away, but as the sun was setting, Joseph came up tis mountain 
with a bag of barley, meal upon his back, and when he had greeted his fam- 
Me ily, and rested, he said, “There is a great commotion, in the lowlands respect 
oy Ang a. youth, and by the description it must be you. _ Caiphas has offered two 
hundred scruples in gold to any one that me bring you, to him, as he.is de- 
rt termined to. behead you on the great square.” I answered, | “God held me 
that I could die for his glory, and I fear not the battle axe” Then they all 
_yyate their bread, knelt in prayer, and their humble cot was filled. with li ght, and I 
, Was entranced by an influence then I did not know, but afier, I learned it was 
_ the controller of Jesus. He dec lared I, must begin my journey at early 


ie dawn, and must bend my course south by east, leave the desert.on. the left, 


I _ there. he will find a smooth country, that he can journey nights, and lie in 
the ferns. by day. . Bear away bread, for he will have nothing to eat. for at 
least eight days, but what he carries with him. Then he will come to the 


. _ border country of Caldea., There leave the herdsman’s country, and,.go di- 


rectly. toward, Babylonia, “But ere he reaches there, he will meet with John 
and his followers. He will remain with them until Jesus comes to them in 
Caldea. . There. he will remain until John is called back to Antioch. ,There 
_ he will meet with Jesus, as he will be compelled to flee Caldea, with a price 
upon his. head, and. he will not leave him. again, until he is dragged away by 
Caiphas, and hung upon the gallows, that will be. prepared to hang, Jesus 
, upon, when he:enters Jerusalem... Mark the route for him, Joseph, that he 
_., May not be cut off, but let him be held until his death may be recorded 

among those that will be brought back to earth, to declare what. they. know 
- concerning the Hebrew family and their first born, Jesus. _ Give him those 
__ eharacters;on the bark. He can read it all, and comprehend its meaning.” 
_ Lawoke, and Joseph handed me the bark. 1 went away alone, and read it, 
-and as I looked upon it my heart beat, and I said, “I am doomed. . I must 
die by him that gaye me life, I lay the bark down beside me, and burst. 

into tears. Jesus sought me. He came and knelt, beside me. He asked 
. God to, assist us, then he folded his arms around me, and wept until his 
breath went out of him, Joseph called. I gaye answer, “Jesus is dead.” 
,»,.t1e hastened tous, and there lay his first born i in my arms, and his breath 


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x back to his home, a when he entered there, Lazarus said, “Fe is 8 not Der 


; won Jacob have been borne away into captivity. sh also” saw te ou 
. was n ay famished. ay knelt beside him, and asked God t to hold him untitg 


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hac, gone out of him. | Joseph raised, him. in. “his” arms, ‘and. ‘bore him | 


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| forever. ” He arose and bathed. They all ‘knelt in prayer, then he aid his 4 


hand in mine, and said, “Come, brother, I will bear you company to the foot 


Wh ‘of the mountain, then I will return.” ‘Mary’ had the bread prepared, ‘and as 
she handed it. to me, T said, “God bless you, ‘Mary. | he ‘had ~ a mother once 


| ‘that loved her boy, and I long” to meet her where’ we can “dwell together, 


‘and bless each other.” I then bade them my ‘last. farewell, earthy, and has- 


‘tened away with Jesus. | That night T reached the foot of the mountain. I; 


‘began to feel the desolation of my future life, as it came. before: me. "There 
‘We sat down upon a little bank, and I begun like this, «O, ‘destiny, what hast 
~ thou in store forme? Am I to be blasted, earthy, while i in the’ ‘spring time : 

~of life! ‘a Or am I to be ‘borne along’ on the turbid ocean’ of humanity, onl 


Ti am dashed upon its hidden shoals, and lost’ forever ! posi Jess’ covered his 
‘face with his hands, and a deep ; groan came ‘Welling up ‘from thé very. ‘depth 
of his soul; as he gave answer, «Homanity holds ‘thy destiny anid’ mine, ! 


~ Their ‘demand is upon us, dear brother, and you and I must die?” “Treplied, 


“Cannot we flee to some country, where ‘we are not known, duel ‘there be ’ 
freed from the persecution of the priesthood ! p” Then, ere ‘he gave” ‘ahswer, | 


' he knelt in prayer, and exclaimed, “Holy Almighty, ‘creator God, ‘Yead and 


guide thy « own created Children, i in’ thy’ own wisdom, ‘and we will obey thee, | 


Come life or come death.” Then he bowed his’ ees and” ‘Tpeceived’ ‘answer, | 


~ «My children, thou bélongest to humanity. Their demands ‘are. ‘upon you, 


will lay down your lives upon her altar.” , That will © ‘bit begif a work for” 


“me and mine. Earth will change, | ages ‘must pass ‘away, ere T can bé ‘known 


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“among my own. "I came to them, they knew me not, but the’ time will come 


when they will ‘know me, as T am the’ life of all things. | Then the earth will 
become my kingdom, and I shall live in the hearts of 1 my children” “Amen,” 
answered Jesus, and I ‘answered, « Amen.” ~ Then he’ arose to | his feet, and I 


“ said, “Who was it’ that gave you that message ?” He answered, @T saw 
naught, I heard naught, but the soul of all creatéd things” gave answer, and 


that ever bespeaks the truth’ ‘that ‘cannot’ change, because God changes not, — 
even from the beginning.” He then stepped up to me, and folded ihe to his 


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bosom, and said, “God will surely deal’ with us according to ‘the dé éinand that 


"is upon us.” My heart béat for my brothér, and ‘I wept upon his’ bosom. — 


He rested his face upon my forehead, and big tears rolled down his cheeks, — 
There we knelt, in that holy embrace, asking God to give us strength to en- 


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dure to the end. Even while our hearts were breaking, an angel of light 
drew near, and clasped _ her arms. around us, and we both exclaimed, as in 
one breath, “God i is here. His angel children are here.” Then we heard, 
as from, the inmost depths of that light, “Prepare ye the way: Make your _ 
paths straight,” a “Here: another form appeared, and said, “Arise, O, ye sons _ 
of men. Waste not your time in useless lamentations. You, J ude, must go 


a little farther toward. the desert, and there you will find a place to rest until - | : 
the morrow eye. Then speed on your way, as dirccted. And you, Jesus, 


make your way up. the mountains, as the night is very dark, and a storm is ‘Gt 
gathering.’ Then the holy daughter of Leiah answered, “Dear father, eu 
will bear him up| the mountain, and I will reach his home ere Mary. extin-— 
guishes. the taper.” is ‘Then I turned to Jesus, and said, “God bless you, dear | 
brother. ‘My prayers shall be for your safety. | Farewell.” As he turned 
to go, | I saw he was electrified, and as he passed from my sight, I turned and 
made my way 1 toward the desert. I found a place, i in the thick ferns, where 
I could lie down. and rest. There I remained until the evening following, 
and then A went, on my way. I journeyed on, as directed, until I reached 
the border country « of Caldea... Then I inquired if a Hebrew had been in 
that part_of the country, holding forth, The tiller of the ground answered, 
“Do you mean him that has renounced Judeaism, and embraced heresy ?” 
“Tt is him,” I said, “and I would find him.” He said, “Friend, I am afraid 
you are being deceived, as many more have. been, by that poor, deluded man. 
I am thinking he is one of the poor, crazy men, that know not what he says, | 
and I am afraid of being affected. But you can find him in Cunnaxa, as I 
heard by. a beggar, that came directly from there.” _I then said, “God bless 
you, brother,” and went on my way. Night closed in upon me, ere I could 
reach there, and I lay down to rest. Isaw my mother, and she said, “Dear 
Jude, thy bed i is hard, but God will give you a holy place of rest, ere long. 
Then your head will be easy, and your heart will beat free for God and hu- 
manity.” Then I slept until early dawn, and I reached Cunnaxa ere noon. 
There I saw a multitude gathered i in a valley, and that holy man of God 
was breathing upon ‘them light, drawn from etérnal ‘light, and they bowed | 
their “heads in acknowledgement of the blessings bestowed upon them, 
through the faithful John. When he said, “God bless you all,” and sat down 
upon the ground, then I made my way to him. He ,reached out his hand, 
and said, “Welcome, brother. I knew you was a coming. ‘My sister told 
me you would be here at noon, and you would assist me in my labor.” = I 
answered, “God's command is upon me, and I must obey.” There I remain- 
ed beside John, declaring God’s presence, and his wondrous formations, heal- 
ing the sick, living with the beggars, and the poor families that gave us a 
welcome to their humble fare, oftimes sleeping on, the ground, with the bright 
stars 0’ er us, and the angel chant to cheer us, and to, hush us to sleep 

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bref coming, and he was much more é crazy ‘than’ the J ew, “and he ‘Had com- ' 


maded the man to walk that had laid on his bed for a long’ time, and priv 
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no use his feet, and he was cured by the crazy man saying, “Disease, depart 
trm him.” But he had fled the country, as the priests were: going to be- | 
had him. But when they came for him, he was" gone. “But. he went to 
Assyria, and when he reached Siazuros he begun a work in, ‘that heathen” 
pnd, that can never be forgotten. © There he healed the man ‘that had been 


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manded the damsels to flee the priests and confessors, else “they - would be- 
rome diseased, and all die. There he declared the presence of Jehovah God | 





compelled to flee, and he fled to ‘Messopotamia. : There, i in a place ‘called 
‘Singany, he met John and his followers. Thad then been with John two 
fia and Andrew and Simon came with him. ~ When he reached us, ‘it: 
_was being about the middle of the day. We were “holding the people by” 


declaring God’s children would come in their’ midst, ere the sun, wert down. a 
When they saw them coming , they. shouted, “Fail, the children. of. God are. . 


coming in our midst.” There we laid the foundation for that, people to “be. 
denounced as heretics by the Hindoo priests, ‘and after we left them ‘they 
were destroyed by hundreds, but enough heretic ideas were left t to, savor that _ 
people, even to this day. John was, compelled to flee by night, and Jesus 
was borne away, by his controller, toward Antioch. 1 followed John, as 
Jesus had been taken away from us when we, were asleep. But he did not. 


go direct to Antioch at that time, but he fell in vii the Shumites. "There " r 
he healed the Caldean woman, with an issue of blood, and she and her, son | 


followed him to Chaledon. , There John and his followers met him. There 
was done a work that has been handed down, concerning the poor, scarlet 
woman being held from death. It has been said that seven devils were cast 
out of one poor, frail creature, that could hardly. ‘stand upon her feet. Had 
that history been recorded by children of light, they would have said she had 
been crushed by anointed priests and confessors. O, humanity, how 3 you 
have been misled, by false accounts being handed down to you through | ‘the 
Catholic churches. God’s children can be no longer misled by. their mistifi- 
cation. 

Ere we left Messuporamnia, John was entranced, and begun like this, “Je- 
sus has fled the country, and you must follow him to Antioch. But you 
will meet him at Chaledon. There you will do the last work ‘you will do in 


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lind from birth, by putting clay. balls ‘upon his eyes, being wet with his own | vi iv i | 
valk. There he raised the ruler’s son, that had been entranced ‘tor hours, } aie 


[here his garments were stripped, from him, bya ‘confessor, and he. was com- 
delled to walk the streets, all ‘of one day, entirely naked. ‘There he com-' My, 


nd his angel children, then the priests declared he should die. ‘Then he was 


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_ you will be destroyed by the man who calls himself your father. But John 
_ will flee the kingdom, and await the destiny of my brother, Jesus, as he. is to | 
| be borne along until the hour comes for God to be glorified by that death.’y 
“Amen,” I said, “then I shall meet my mother and my sisters.” “Who. is 
_thy sister,” the spirit answered, “but her that, has led) and. comforted you, 
and will bear you away. from confusion. That is a sister in spirit, but not 
_ because.she was created in the same blood. Thy earthy sisters will be held 
_ from thee for ages, but you will return and gather them from the earthy in- 
_ fluences, fold them in thy bosom, and bear them away.” I. then saw my 
mother, and her face bespoke fear... She breathed upon Iscariot, and. said, 
“Jude, the furies control, Caiphas, and he is determined to destroy you, but 
_ God will hold you until you reach Jerusalem.” | “All is well,” I.said, then 

she left me.» Then at early dawn we began our journey. Many a weary 
_ day we journeyed onward. Barefooted and hungry we made our way across 

the country. My friends saw I was drooping, and assisted me along. When 

we reached Chaledon, we entered a humble home, and there: sat a aged: fe- 

male. We asked her if she could direct us toa Hebrew family, where the 

‘man Jesus had friends. She answered, “I am Mary’s cousin, and her boy 
will be here when the night closes in. | Will you come in and wait his com- 
ing?” She made us feel she was a mother to us all. She prepared food for 
us. Weate, then sat down and rested.. The sun went down, and night was 
closing in around us, when we heard voices approaching the house. | But ere 
they entered I heard Jesus say, “God’s children await us.”; When they en- 
entered there, they exclaimed, “God’s angels await our coming.” The lights 
were not lit, but we sat there quiet, that we should not disturb any. . Jesus 
entered first, and said, “Glory to God, here we shall find rest for to-night — 
but the morn will dawn upon us, with its many cares.’ My heart beat. I 
longed ‘to fold my brother to my bosom. When he entered he did not dis- 
cern who was there, but when the light was lit, he came forward, and said, 
“God bless you, dear brother.” He then saw John. He folded him: to: his 
bosom,-and bathed him with his tears... They held each. other in that’ eim- 
brace until they sank to the floor together. I was so much affected I, could 
not refrain from weeping. After a time Jesus knelt in our midst, and while 
his prayer weut up to Almighty God, they were nearly all entranced. Then 
a holy hymn was.chanted by us all, and the. angels repeated the chorus. It 
was like this, “We will bear them away from. sorrow, we will bear 
them home to thee.” . After the evening devotions, we prepared to rest, but 
ere we went to sleep, we heard a fearful crash, and then all was still. When 
the morning dawned, we arose, ate, and prepared for our days labor. Anti- 
och was one league and a half from Chaledon, but here and there along the | 
way we were accosted by the poor, diseased creatures. We would lay 
hands upon them, that God could heal them through his own law—the law 
of electric life. Then we would give them our blessing, and ask God to 


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bless them also. Many were healed that day, and went away rejoicing: z 
One came to‘us that was cursed with leprosy. We gathered: around him, 
and invoked the powers of life... He was so filled with electricity, that his ii 
hair sparkled, and he was felled to the ground, like one dead.| Butwhen he =~ 
arose to his feet, Jesus commanded ‘him to bathe in the’ rivet’ Jordan every ‘ 
day, and he should be healed. © But’ ere night closed in; there was'a great f 
commotion among the people, and many were beaten to death ‘by clubs, in) >” 
the hands of confessors, and we were compelled to’ flee. We begun our > 
way, bearing toward Jerusalem.’ ‘ I had been ‘away from the rest, and sat - 
down behind a‘hedge to rest. I heard a bandof anointed priests coming 
along the main road.’ As they were in earnest: conversation, Listened. One 
said, “We are losing ground, daily, by the damned heresy that is filling the 
land, and heresy must be destroyed. But that rabble has leftAntioch, and 
where they have gone, we do not know. : But the old heretic woman confess- 
ed, before I struck off her head, that they were going toward Jerusalem, but if 
they have gone there Caiphas will care for them, and if he reaches his’ son” 
Jude,:he will crush him to death.” Then they passed by, but as soon as 
the had gone from sight, I hastened back to my brothers, that were. lying.’ 
down to rest'in the bushes. Jesus: answered, “We will remain here until 
night covers earth with her dark mantle, then’ we will enter the main road, | 
and then we can reach Cana ere morning dawned, and there we could re-) 
main with an aged Hebrew until night again. Then we could, follow the ! 
main road, and our journey would be much:easier.  Butiif we traveled by) 
day, we must follow the foot of the mountains and the forests’, Then we, 
continued on our way, until the eleventh day: Then we espied the dark. 
old city. Seemingly it lay at our feet. Jesus sat down, and gazed upon it, .) — 
and there he read his destiny. After he had’ finished, he rested his head) 
upon his hands, and burst into tears. “Then he said, “I shall enter thatcity jo 
to-morrow, but not for the last time. Once more I shall be borne back, and 
then I shall find rest. ‘There I shall finish my labor, andigo beyord. There 

I shall-find rest until I'am called back to’finish up that ‘which cannot be» 
done in the present age. ' Mighty changes will be brought about, ere T again 0° 
breathe earth air.”’ We then breathed a prayer for Judea’s children, asking): « 
God to give them light.’ We arose early, even while the'stars were shining,’ © 
and bent our steps toward the doomed city, where I was to die.’ I fell upon) © 
my face, and in the bitterness of bats soul, I asked God to take me to himself, lod 
even then, but dié I could not.’’ That’ day we could not enter the city, asa 
great multitude came to us: There was a poor, sick Hebrew boy.‘ Jesus” 
called the boy, and said, “Come hither.” He folded his arms around him; © 
and said, “God ealls you to his own bosom. | There you will be healed in’ 
spirit, but the body will rest in the bosom of earth.” The boy’s head drop-" ; 

ped upon Jesus’ shoulder, and was dead. "That night we slept upon the | 
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All of that day we healed the sick, and declared the presence of Al- 
mighty God. But:in the after part of the day, the priests gathered together, 
and dashed upon us. I was buta little way from John. ‘They caught me, 
and he fled them. They felled me to the ground, then caught me by the: 
hair, and aragged me toward the gailows, that was erected on the great: 
square. | Caiphas met them, and said, ‘Give me the damned fool. I will 
finish him.” He then jerked) me backward, and fell upon me, with both 
knees upon my chest. ‘The breath went out of me, and the blood flowed 
from my mouth, nose: and ears, yet I could» hear... I heard him say, “Give 
me the cord. Let me damn him, and destroy him.’ | He drew the cord so 
tight that no blood could flow down from my head, and my eyes were press- 
ed out upon my cheeks. He then threw the cord over the gallows, and drew 
me up. Then he went back among the poor, helpless creatures, that could 
not get away. My body was left there, with three others, until the day 
following, that they could look on the fool of a ‘heretic. 

I am here before my friend, in earth form, ‘asking to be remembered 
when earth holds her no longer. ‘Then may I meet'her, as my friend and 
sister, where parting is no more. Holy, eternal, as thouart my father and 
my God, we are but of thee, a part, and may’ we never more divided be, in 
heaven, in earth, through all: eternity... Now: farewell, frail humanity. I 
have done my duty by you all, in declaring facts, as they were when I walk- 
ed the earth. And now farewell, and farewell forever. 1 am Jude, the 
son of the brute, Caiphas; And you. that have assisted me in my history 
will surely find rest. After a few more suns have risen and set: upon earth 
your sun will set, dear sister, forever earthy, but we will hail thy coming to 
a higher cordition, where we shall all seek to bless you, «ven as you have: 
blessed. us. 


CHAPTER XV. 
THOMAS THE APOSTLE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 


I was a Caldean by birth, and my father laid off his earthy body when 
I was but a little boy. © My mother was a frail woman, and her child could 
be nothing but a feeble thing. As my father had been a tiller of the ground, 
all the care was left upon my mother. © Thus I grew up’ beside the holiest 
woman God ever gave to man: Her teachings were ever full of wisdom, 
and the love of the living God was ever before her. We always knelt in 


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prayer before we, went to rest, and ere we began our labor for the day. 


Even when I was sick, and restless, she would say, “May God’s angels care — 


for my dear boy. | He is all I have, earthy, to comfortme. He is a holy 


thing, and the light he attracts blesses me. | His body is frail, it is true, but — 
his soul is filled with knowledge that comforts me.” ‘Then I: said to my 
mother, “God’s command is upon me, but I cannot discern learly what it) | 
may be.” ‘Then she answered, “Let heaven direct 'you, my dear boy, ‘then 

all is well.” . There I remained, beside that: angel mother, until my fifieenth ©. 
year. About that time the Shumites entered Caldea’s :borders, and as my ~~ 
home was near their kingdom, and their invading atmy bore away all of the 
males, except the aged and infants, as bondsmen, while the females were left: © 

to care for themselves and their helpless friends. I fell’ into the hands of a 
hard task master. After a time he saw. I was too frail to toil beside those 


that were strong and hardy... Then he called me to him, and said, “Here, 


boy, you can go and care for my children,.as they need some one, and I think | 


you can do that.” ‘Thus I entered the home of my. master,and become as 


one of the family. Seven children were around me, and I sought to interest 


them in all things I had learned... One. year ‘and»a‘half had passed away, 
when there was a great commotion. among the inhabitants... A’ heretic had © + 


come in their midst, and they knew not from whence he:came, but he declared » 


God’s presence, and the presence of his angel.children, and he had also laid 


hands upon the sick, and they were healed... Here I was permitted to go) © 


out with the children, and look upon him... And as I stood there, filled with: | 
holy :adoration to God, a feeling came over me. I:could not comprehend « 


its meaning. I gazed upon him, and my soul,was filled with. holy love for 


that angel of light, that treathed in mortal form. His face was the most 
beautiful I had ‘ever looked upon. His eyes were blue, like the ether; his 


hair was light and wavy; his beard was flowing; his garments were coarse © 


and worn, but all the outer covering was lost when I gazed upon that sweet, 
holy tace, so calm, yet care had set her seal there. As I was enwrapped in 
his expressions, he raised his hands, and said, “Who among you are ready 
to be baptized by the spirit of the living God, and receive the gift of healing 
the sick?” I drew near him, as he said, “Holy brother, thou art of Caldea’s 
blood.” ‘I bowed my head, my breath came deep, and I forgot all, until I 
heard my master say, “Heal my boy, that lies sick of a fever, and he shall 


be free.” But after we entered that home, a power fell upon me again, 1 and | 


I fell asleep. But when I awoke, the boy had arose from his bed, and. de- 


clared himself healed... From that hour, we left the Shumites, and made our | 


way toward Caldea. -How my heart beat, when I thought of my mother | a 
and our home. Day by day we journeyed onward, and at night. we would . 


lie down and rest in the homes of the tillers of the earth. Sometimes we 
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upon the ground and rest until morning. But on the sixth day, ere we arose 
to our: ‘feet, I heard ‘my brother, Jesus, say, “Holy angel sister, care for 
Thomas.’ He isa feeble boy, but the power of God through him is mighty.” I 
then saw a form, and as she drew near me, js felt'so calm, and as she breathed 
upon me, I saw her clearly. Her face was like a diamond bright. ' Her hair 
was dark, and hung loose upon her shoulders, and her’ eyes’ were black, and 
her garments were nothing but light. Here another form appeared. He said, 
“How is it you are not on your journey?” Then the spirit answered, “Death 
father, they \ were weary, and T felt they ou eht to rest as long as they could, in 
order they may ‘endure the day’s toil.” ‘Then her hand was laid in mine, and 
I forgot all, until I found myself kneeling beside my mother, and she was in 
a swoon, upon the fioor of my own home.  ~I’ bathed her temples, but she 
gave no signs of life. "Then I si to Jesus, and said; “Assist me; I fear 
my mother will breathe no more.” "He came near, and laid one hand upon 
her head, and the other upon her heart, and said, “Assist us, Holy Creator 
God, in this, our labor.” He had no sooner said’ that, than'she opened her 
eyes, and her breath came iti? Then’ she arose to her feet, and folded 
me to her bosom. , cee ! 
All that day we all saw, and conversed with the holy band that filled 
our home. After my mother arose to her feet, and. fear had left me, then 
my strength gave away, and I fell to the floor utterly exhausted. Jesus 
said to my mother, “Your boy is dying for food.” She answered, “Bread I 
have none ; milk I have none, but I will go to the herdsman, he’ will give 
me some.” But Jesus said, “Remain here. Ihave’a work to do there.” 
He went away, but ere he returned, a bullock anda calf were driven to my 
mother’s home, and left there.’ The man gave no answer when I asked him 
why he had brought them, but went away. After a time Jesus returned, 
but fearfully exhausted, and laid down. ‘A man came'to the door, and said, 
“Is there something I can do to earn food, as I am an hungered, and none 
haye aught to share.” Jesus answered, “Go slay the calf, even now, as we 
are all fasting, because there is nothing to eat.” ° He then fell asleep, while 
the beggar slew the calf, and my mother prepared the meat. Here they be- 
gun to gather around our home. ‘Those that had followed us from the Hivite 
country, forty at least, were there, ere my mother could feed her own. Then 
the meat was all prepared, and they were all fed. When they were filled, 
my brother said, “Gather up all of the fragments, break the bones and pre- 
pare a broth, as there is a band of poor, half famished beggars drawing 
near.” It was done, but ere it’ was prepared, twenty famished creatures 
called for food. Jesus arose, and came out in their midst, and said, ‘‘Holy 
Infinite God, feed these, thy children, with the bread of life, Jest’ they per- 
ish, here and hereafter. Hold them from darkness, and bathe them o’er 
with eternal light.” Then the food was set before them, and they sat down 


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upon the ground, ate, and they were comforted. Then I said, “Goaway, 
now, we need rest.” © ‘They all withdrew. upon, se hillside, ‘and remained ; hoc: 
there until the morning dawned upon them on the. following day. | | But that. vite Oo 
night I found. comfort in. my home, that, I had not: known ji ina long. time... ai 
Many lingered, near all of that day, andithe day. following. Among 1 the ma-. 
ny were found four, that could receive. the power for healing. Those; We won 
gathered together, and all that. were sick were healed, and among, the _ rest. hy ie 
my mother.. She had been afflicted with a bleeding tumor, but it, .was then 1 stosl 
then called an issue of blood... Jesus laid his hands upon her, and. the. power | bin) 
was so mighty, that it felled her to, the floor, ond in a short time she arose t 1? 
her feet, and exclaimed, “God has healed me.” _ Then Jesus answered, “Give. 
God the glory for. his mighty wonders.” On a fourth morning, ere the day 
dawned, we were awakened by a ceiehieh crash, ~My, ‘brother. Jesus was aN olay 
controlled, and said, “Arise, find prepare for a journey. The heathen. priests, | 
will be here ere the sunrises.” I attempted {o rise, but. there was a Pov a 4 
upon me. A gentie hand was said in mine,.and I saw that. holy daughter of 
Leiah kneeling beside me, and she said, “Arise, son) of Caldea,, and. follow hat 
my br other, to Antioch,” ”- answered, “Who will, eare. for my. mother i pt 
“She will go with you, else she will be cut off. Haste, O haste. The fiends _ 
will bg here in less than an hour.” ; I then called, and said, “Let, us , hasten, » A 
away.” We began our journey, and as,we climed the highest. hill, toward _ 
the desert, we sat down to rest, and as I turned. to, look, once more on. ‘the , 
home of my childhood, I saw a band of priests, with their, flowing garments, . ae 
coming out of our home. . “Look,” I said to my mother and brother ; “our - a4 
home ‘is. polluted by hell’s children, and we can never enter there again.” - a 
My brother Jesus breathed deep, and said, “Children of. Caldea, thy, , home, | 
is beyond. . There you will find rest, and not. before. There God's , children. 
will dwell together, and live but to bless. others, even as they would be blest « 
ed. There God will direct, us into. his own kingdom, the home of. the. bless-_. 
ed.” He then made an expression like this, “Come, God's. child, assist Mis 
on our long j journey, less we fall by, the way, and darkness falls around us.” 
Then he became filled with light, so. much. so, that his hair seemed to sparkle ‘ “ 
with electric sparks. Then he, raised his hands, and declared hims self, to be 
Zadock, _ Then he continued, “I have come that [ may | direct you on your. , 
way. [be priests will follow you, . Make your way into the ferns below, cn 
and make your way, as best you may, toward the desert.” Ley said, FARG FOU). ar 
the Zadock that died in Judea’s borders?) He: acral A. breathed OUb fon, 
of that frail. body, because the sight;that was brought before me, was. greater... 
than I.could bear, \I,saw the.beautifui children, of the. damsel ;destroyedy:.... 
one after another, until the first, born, of the holy pair, was. brought, before;,.:;.. 
me, hanging upon the cross, writhing in agony. Ehen my breath went,out, 9. 
and I breathed, no more in that earth body, bat from that hour Lhavesought ; 
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_, to hold them from, destruction, and assist\in bearing their burdens, and the 
») hour, draws near, that I must look upon. | the real body, hanging upon the 
cross. His father is already doomed, and James cannot escape: Jessie is 
made to feel death is before him, and the line is drawn for Simeon—he can- 
» not pass it—and angel Mary, thy heart. is bruised, but it must break.” He 
then said, “Hasten away; there is,no time to spare: They are already upon 
»your track.” . We-all arose, and hastened forward... We reached the ferns, 
sere they. caught sight of us, and ere night closed; we had gained. the, desert. 
»» © Prail,as my mother was, ber strength was sufficient for the hour. . We lay 
down that night to rest, upon the cold, damp earth, it being the coldest part 
,. Of the season, but we slept, while the angels bright held their forms around 
us, and. we felt God,was,there.. ‘Then, when the morning dawned upon us, 
“we arose, and shook the dew-drops from our garments, and knelt in hcly ador- 
ation to our father’ God, for his mercies... All of that day we held our way 
across the desert, but-as night drew near, we all sat down exhausted,as we 
had nothing to eat from the time we left our home. . Alter we had remained 
_ quiet for a time,my mother began to chant a hymn, one I had never. heard 
P| vishal Befor és: It was like this: 


le ““<Obildren, thou art led and foe he from the dark benighted land, 
God will surely be thy shepherd, and lead you, through this holy man, 
That was born to live and suffer, because it was his God’s command, 
Friends, beloved, do not falter, you will find a home beyond, 
. Whete there is no grief or sorrow, and’ where death can never come, . 
_ Therepwe shall meet: each other, in a happy band. | 
_ Hasten forward, do, not linger upon this desert strand, 
Lest the tide, should turn against you, and you could not reach the better land, 
-Hasten forward, my dear children, we shall meet you there, 
7 a a nk that now is waiting, a home upon the morning star,’ 


Then we all bowed our heads, and said, «God will itbeinily lead us;on, un- 
til'we reach Chaledon:” ‘Then we all’arose to our feet, and went forward, 
Jesus exclaimed, “God is here. »'T here isa light a little beyond, at the edge 
of the desert.” Werall: gained courage, and: when we reached the hut, we 
were bade come in, by an aged man.’ He: was kneeling beside his, humble 
' bed of dried‘grass, but more humble was the soul that was asking for, light. 
‘When we entered, he did ‘not rise from his humble position, but he breathed 
from the fulness of his inner’ life, and said, “Holy Creator God, lead and 

’ direct thy children, that they may establish truth on earth, that. the glory 
may be given to thee. » Thou God:of immensity, hold them from the heathen 

» fiends, that’ would destroy them, until thy kingdom. may. be established on 
earth, that humanity may be free. Blessed are they that are willing to lay 
down their lives’ for truth’s sake, as thy feeble children know not,.where to 
go. Lead them, O thou angels of light, through the dark valley of death, 


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and receive them in thy own homes beyond.” ‘Then he said, God’s breath 
“ig upon me. Tbehold the future. | There are’to be hundreds ofhuman be- 
‘ings offered up on the altar of humanity, and ‘you, dear children, are ‘among 
the slain.” Then we all answered; “God’s will be done.” © Then he said, 
“Bow to the crossés that are before you, and bear them onward as’ long as 
strength is given you to endure. That is all thou’canst do.” Then he arose 
to his fect, and said, “You are allan hungered”’ Jesus answered, “We have 
fasted two days and two nights, but God has held us from death,and brought 
us here.” After we had ate our bread, we lay down and ‘slept... ‘Wearose at 
early: dawn, and bade farewell to the holy man of Godj:and went on our 
way. ‘All of that day we continued on ‘the desert.’ ’ Thesun was hot at 
midday, but as night came on, the winds grew chilly:::’ We scooped away 


the sand with our ‘hands. There we sat'down and‘covered o’er our feet, as 


- they were blistered and bruised. ‘Then we lay dowmand slept. Holy hearts’ 
were beatitig around us’ I-dreamed I was in a! world of light, and all that 
were there were filled with holy love; one for the other, and above all their 
voices, went'out in praise to the first great cause, and an answer came back 
to them, “All is well.” As I locked around, I saw.my father, and iI said, 
“Dear father, I am beside you.” He looked at me, and said) “Thomas, your 
earth labor is not ended. You must go back and finish up all that can be 
done in this age, then you will come to me, and remain ‘until | “you are called 
back to finish up that which has been begun for huraanity.” ‘sf ‘There we lay until 
the sun’s warm. rays fell upon us. Then Lawoke, and. said,, “Mother, father is 
here.” ..' My» mother burst into tears, as,she said, “Lead, Q,Jead us home.” 
Then Jesus answered, “Behold: God’s. children are around us, and here is my 
angel sister. She says my father and his family have reached Tyre, and 
~ have found shelter i in a home that has been held for them. I am thirsty,” 
he said, “but, we cannot get water until we cross the desert, and that will be 
as the sun goes out of sight.” All that day we suffered fearfully with thirst, 
but ere darkness fell around’ us; we came to-a clear, cool. fountain, that. had 
blessed thousands of famished travelers. After we,left;Anatho, we shaped our 
course towards Palmyra. «There we remained two; days, with a Hebrew 
family. | When we had rested, we bade them adieu, and’ sought, Chaledon.- 
When we entered the home of the aged Hebrew) woman, Jesus lay. down? 
utterly exhausted. But the good woman prepared him »a\, bed, and, bathed 
“him with cool water. While he rested, she ‘prepared. gruel.,, ..He) drank, 
‘and then fell asleep, ' My) mother, also, found, 'rest, beneath ,that, shelter. 
There ‘were others that camé along, with us, ‘but! they remained by them- 
selves, but they! were all made welcome in: tliat humble: home... Two days 
“passed away, ere Jesus was able to rise, and »begin» his. work. . {When he 
awoke on ‘the third day, he said, “The time has.come that I must,, fe lage 
away into sicoiheii but: me alone can vices me hadth Yo vil, sigddh awed 

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One came to us from Judea, that had been healed by Jesus, as he passed 
through that country long before. His name was Simon, the son of Stephen, 
the tanner. He: followed us:until Jesus was huug upon the cross, but his 
family were all cut off, but one sister.’ She had fled, with her brother, ere 
the fiends entered that home, and destroyed all that were there, the: father 
being from home at the time. But when'he returned, and gazed upon the 
destruction of his family, he was heart broken, and he sought his only son | 
‘Simon, and his ‘beautiful daughter.’ She drooped and died, but he lived un- 
til the twelfth ‘day after that persecuted people left Tyre for Jerusalem. 

’-. Again I will go on with my own life. We left that home as the sun was 
rising, but ere we could ‘reach tne city, we were followed by many. Some 
were healed, while others'were bidden to go away, that were filled with a 
disease that could not be reached by the laying on of hands. | We did enter 
Antioch, and none sought to drive us away all of that day, but faint and ex- 
" hawsted we fled them all, and hastened away that we could rest. When we 
reached the Hebrew’s home we were made to feel that John and his follow- 
vers had come to assist us in our labor. ‘Night was settling around us, as the 
sweet voice of Leiah’s daughter said, “God’s children await your coming.” 
When we entered there, we found them all resting, butdhe holy rays of light 
that were there, filled us full of praises to our father God, for his many mere 


“'* cies. They were nearly all entranced by the power that filled that home. 


The next morning we all entered Antioch, and Jesus was controlled all the 
day. His control on that day could never be defined. His band were 
around him, but other elements were brought to bear upon him, blending 
with their own. | Holy, indeed, were those hours to us all, as we forgot ev- 
erything but God’s children, that were chained and bound in heathen bond- 
age. Hundreds were heard to say that day, “God is here.” Even’ those 
that never breathed that name before, were heard to breathe it o’er and o’er. 
Faith grew in that day from a little grain to a mighty tree, and that tree 
will yet fill all earth with its green branches, and the human family will 
~ dwell beneath its shade. He labored until night closed in upon us, and then 
he shouted, “Come, brothers, let us flee this multitude, and find rest ‘in. the 
home of the heretic.” | We all gathered around him, knowing full well that 
when his influences left him, he would be a helpless thing. | Here he breathed 
deep, and fell down like one dead: ° John raised him in his arms, and bore 
him away, out of the city. There we sat down beside’a brook, and bathed 
his head, in order to cool it, and’ we warmed his feet and hands with our 
own life. « After an hour or more, his breath came back, and he burst: into 
tears. He buried his face in his hands, and sobbed aloud. When he could. 
articulate, he said, “A fearful vision came over me. I saw my family, all 
of my family, in the hands of the heathen priests and confessors, and they 
were being dragged about. Fear fell upon me, and my breath went out.” 


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How my heart, ached for that poor, frailiman, who had breathed life into 
hundreds that day,-and there he sat, crouched:down upon the earth, bathing 
his head in'the brook.: After a time he arose to his feet, and said, “Let us 
make our way to the only shelter there is for us to. lie down and rest.”) We 
assisted him for atime, but the full breeze fell upon him, gave him:strength, 
and he sped on faster than any of us, and when we reached the home of the 
heretic, his breath came full and free, while, all: ‘the. rest were nearly ex- 
hausted. But when he had ate, he knelt in prayer, and then we lie down to 
.. rest, for the last time, in that humble. home. , » But ere we went. away, Jesus 
lay his hand on the head of Mary’s cousin, as he/said, “Thou hast: blessed 
- God's children, and he will.take you. to ,himself before,.two days.?.. » My 
_.mother had already gone with’ a, band of helpless creatures, that had, started 
for Mesapotamia. . When we reached Antioch, there was a. great. commo- 
tion. The Jews were determined to drive us away, and the heathens were 
_ determined to cut us off. . Night had begun to,cast her dark shadows, over 
earth, when a fearful clamor was heard from without the gates. . Jesus 
shouted, “Gather together, ye faithfnl children of God. “Let us. flee the 
heathen. brutes that would destroy us... Flee beyond the brook; there we 
shall find the rulers home. _ There we can eat and drink, then we will find a 
place to:rest.” We all fled out of the same gates, where,the heathens had 
entered. While the work of destruction was going on among the poor, helpless 
_ creatures, we were fleeing from the.eity.. Wereached ,the home of the good. 
ruler, and his daughter had been entranced for hours that day, and told her 
people to prepare a supper for the poor laborers, that would be there in 
early evening, We did enter there, and were made welcome. We.ate, and 
hastened away. That night we-slept under the, blue canopy of the living 
God, that; was ever ready to bless us. . Held.as we'had been, we felt: God’s 
hand would lead us.on until the hour came for.us to bless all coming) time 
» with our death, that we were sure. must.come, when our work was done. 
. Yet we did not shrink from,our duty in establishing truth, that God. would 
be glorified, through, his children that acknowledged him,ever near. We en- 
tered the Assyrian desert, that, we could make’ our’ way. toward : Jerusalem, 
. feeling we must. begin a work, there, that could never.die..| We followed the 
course, that. was marked out for us, and the next. day we ‘reached Emessa. 
Then we went to Helispolis, but, we did not, enter the cities, because we 
feared the inhabitants. But day after, day we journeyed on, until we reached 
Jerusalem, and as we.entered that city, we felt.that the people would be 
blessed, but not saved from the priests and confessors. We entered that city 
in the morning, and a mighty. work was done that day in. healing the. sick, 
':and.declaring God.,;, That night we were compelled to flee: for our. lives, as 
the priests and.battle axes were;to be ,seen everywhere, cutting down the 
Judean children, and four of the faithful followers of John and Jesus were 
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acknowledge myself unable to say how I was borne out of the city, but this 
I do know, I lost my breath, and when I awoke I was lying beneath a green 
hemlock. ° We had been told, at early dawn, that we should’ be’ scattereds 
and we must make our way toward Tyre, and there remain until Jesus was’ 
brought to us, after many days. Isaw a boy ‘and I asked him how far I 
was from Jerusalem. | He answered. “A league‘and a half. Are you going 
there?” He'said, “If you are, you will be cut off, as the priesis are’ desiroy- 
ing all the Hebrews and heretics,.and some in Judea’s: blood. All that has 
been affected by that band of crazy heretics, and father says, ‘He that come 
from Caldea is.as:-bad'as the Hebrew that hada price set. upon: his’head so 
many times,’ but Iam thinking he that goes everywhere, and nobody can 
catch him, must, be more crazy than the other.” He then turned away, and: 
I made my way toward the highlands of Judea, and that night I laid down 
by a clear running stream. Everything was so: calm I forgot) the world. of 
- commotion. ‘The beautiful future unfolded her pages to me, and I could but 
exclaim, “Holy, children of the living God, I long to be with you, in a bright- 
er/and a happier world-beyond.” |, And as I laid there, looking into the fu- 
ture, £ beheld.the mighty changes that must come o’er..earth, ere the dark 
clouds of; superstition, idolatrous. worship, and priestly control, could. be, held 
from damning the holy blood of Joseph and Benjamin; and their dese: ndants, 
that were s¢attered all through the border country: And, again, where 
could they flee, where there were no priests and. con‘es-ors? Here I. saw 
come before mea mighty dragon. , His eyes were as_ balls of fire, and his 
breath seemed to emit flames. _.I shouted, “Begone, thou dragon vt hell. 
Thou : art but the device of Wendi and your name shall perish with your fol- 
lowers. They shall be scattered like the mist, and they will be held in par- 
ticles until Almighty God attracts them again to another condition that 
will be made to fulfill their mission in a lower order of creations, as D: ihing 
can be lost, and every thing must be attracted to its own condition” *Light 
alone can dispel thé conditions of the present,” was breathed from a_ spirit 
that stood. beside me. One I had not become cognizant of before. “Then I 
saw from’ ‘whence thee ideas came to me. Her head was bowed, and I said, 
“Where i is my brother John and Jesus?” She answered, “John i- making 
his way toward the mountains, bearing northward. © Jesus will reach Mar- 
tha’s in ‘two days from the pré sent, ‘but he needs all of our cate, all of our 
strength, in order to live until the hour comes for God to be glorified through 
that death, as he will declare God with his last breath. and some’ will hear 
that will beliéve.” I fell asleep in the presence of that holy spirit. I 
awoke at early dawn, and continued my way toward the mountains There — 
I remained with a poor herdsman until a voice came to me, my iOg “Fasten 
away toward Tyre, as Jesus i is coming down fiom the mountains.” I did 
hasten away, and I found him in ‘Levi's tent. T followed him back’ to Jeru-_ 
salem. ‘There I saw him hung upon the cross, but I was beheaded midday. 
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Iam here for one purpose, and one only. That is to give truth bereft.of, 


fiction, and free myself from the foul stigma of doubting my.. brother, Jesus,’ 
as being an honest man, and. as he.declared, himself, as, the. son of Joseph’ 
and Mary. It has, been said, I doubted. him,. when. he came to.me. in, spirit, 
but how could that be, when I died, first? e rab vier? tae eo ot tumor 
~- Humanity, thou hast been-held inthe’ dark, condérning wine’ holy man;: 
Jesus, and he has been drawn back because of so:much disbelief in his being’ 
aman, and I have. been brought: back to: bear testimony concerning him. 
His father I saw not, or his brothers, as they were all ‘destroyed. beforevshe’ 
came down from the mountains... But his: mother, Ididsee, in her-earthy 
body, and like a crushed flower, she perished earthy, but blooms in» a ‘holier: 
condition, beside her husband, and: her children.’ Holy Creator: God, assist’ 
thy children to arise above the mist that has held then» from’ the light of thy’ 
holy love. Here, hereafter, and forever, may’ they. learn and believe. “Who 


can comprehend what we have endured in’ order to bless the poor, benighted » 
children of earth, that have been so. long held by’ mystification, through the 
designing priesthood, that have held themselves before thé’ people: as holy” 
beings, when at the same time they were filled with’ all manner ‘of evil, Hy 
pocracy and deceit.’ Happy I am to give my testimony ° ‘to! ‘humanity | ‘con-" 
cerning the holy man, Jesus, and his life, so far as T know ought of him and’ 
his holy mission on earth. My love for him caused me to ‘follow him’ as 
long as I breathed in my earthy body.’ But here’ IT’ am’ again, breuthing 
earth air, hoping to bless all coming ages with truth Bereft of fiction, i in “or- 


der that humanity may lay off heathen idolatrous ‘worship, as ‘an old and. 
worn out garment, illy befitting their condition in the present age, | ‘Freed, 
as I am, from the opinion of man, it is not that I ‘would ‘establish amon 
men, a reputation, but it is, I would have you learn. that the humble ‘Naza-| 
rene is your friend and brother. His holy — life. bespeaks him a holy 1 man, 


held as he was by angels bright, from his childhood days, until God ‘could. 
be glorified by his, death, and all coming ages could be ‘held from the erafty,., 


anointed, priests, and learn to live in harmony. with | Almighty God, and in, 


holy. communion with his angel children that are seeking to, bless | all. that, 


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will be blessed, late though it may be, to finish up a, work that, “was. begun ial 


so many ages ago. But changes must bless humanity . ere we, “could . find, 


inspiration, crushed beneath the hand of heathen, isote. . And | mig htier, 


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changes will be, wrought i in the eighteen hundred years, to come, ‘than. “there, 


has been in eighteen hundred ages of the past. . Freedom has. been a ‘thing 
of change, but true freedom is to be established, all over. earth, after, the com- , 


motion. that is now before you, has fulfilled, its mission, and Gods children . 
will be blessed by. the holy light of inspiration, that, shall. all. ae ae ome. , 
And God’s angels shall breathe their morning and evening prayer “pon. the 


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altar, beside, the hearthstone of every child of the infinite, that. dwells in all 
the earth. | 

And here we; must dcglates infallibility belongs to none but almighty 
God; but man, frail man, would:rob God of his glory, and hold himselt as a 
holy thing before the ignorant created, that have been. chained and bound in 
allages.. But I. declare, God is not to be mocked by his own created, ever 
the same from the beginning to the end of time,'unerring in his purpose, 
unchangeable i in his designs, without a shadow of turning, forever, eternal 
and forever. Humble though I am, yet my soul is full of light, and love for 
all of God’s created in mortal form, and I would await the coming of eternal 
light, fresh from eternal light, the first great cause, breathing deeper and 
still deeper into the law of the infinite, asking immensity, with all of her 
mighty formations, to lend their light and aid, that I could understand more 
and still more of thee, thou God of infinite wisdom, from beyond and still 
beyond all created things. There I would float on, forever and forever, in 
the bosom of God’s angels bright, that come to me in my humble home, in 
the still hours of night, when I knelt in prayer beside my poor, frail mother, 
that ever blessed me with her holy affection, that came welling up from the 
deep fountain within, that has flown over forme. And may it flow on for 
me, through all the ages of endless eternity. The mother’s love cannot die, 
no more than eternal light can be extinguished by the designing priesthood. 
Holy God, one boon I crave from thy hand, and may it be’ made manifest 
through the instrumentality of her, that has assisted’'me in tracing these life 
lines, that have been before me for more than eighteen hundred years. And 
now, as that life belongs to God and humanity, may her declining days be 
free from sorrow, free from care, and may her departing spirit still blend 
with all that is bright and fair, until she reaches that home, where her weary 
soul will find rest in the home of the Hebrew family, that she has blessed, 
in laying down all of her earthy desires, and blending ‘her life with theirs, 
that they’ may be freed from the galling chains of heathen priesthood, that 
would hold them forever in an earthy condition, and’ rob ‘God of ‘his glory; 
that belongs to himself, not to his created. 

Who but almighty God is infallible in controlling his own created by 
that law, filled with wisdom, unerring in his decrees? © It had been decreed 
that one should be born, that should bless all coming time. That decree 
could not be broken, because the’ demand of humanity held it firm; but 
when that friend came in your midst; you knew her not, or can you ever 
know her, as long as time rolls on. But she cannot be forgotten by al- 
mighty God, or his’ angel ‘children, that have breathed’ beside her, while she 
labored ‘on to bless them all. Friends, earthy, God’s command is ‘upon you,’ 
that is, dare not attempt to crush her, that has secluded herself from all that 
would draw near and cheer her declining days, but, faithful to the last, she 
sits alone with her: God and his angel children, and her own light, that is 


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drawn around her by that unceasing desire to bless all ‘coming ‘time. ah am 
Thomas, the Caldean, yet I never doubted my God and his MmaUy ‘mercies, 
and I never doubted my beloved brother Jesus, that called meé his beloved y 
brother Thomas. And now farewell, my friend. ‘May you ere long find 
rest; that rest you so mtich long for, in the bosom of “your” ‘God. When 
your body finds rest in its narrow bed, then I shall meet Ai in’ spirit. "T hat 
is my humble pray’? to oigatt that cate Mia and © me. New farewell, 
sister. a / Fey Jae RHC TAR vs OAT ak 3 8 


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| Provipence, Devember ih 1870." 


Friends have atte to. begs me, by. preparing the AY. ay me ie, ila 
facts relative to myself, that;the foul stigma of being a betrayer,to him, that 
declared himself as my brother, and I loved him as I hay -hever loved, anh 
¢reated being. | vad den . 

My father was born in Troy. His father was an sai vtanked siialk aut 
when he was old enough to be educated he was. removed from. the . mother, 
and carried to Cairo, and there put under the care of an aged priest... The 
greatest care was taken, lest he should not hear expressions contradictory tothe 
priestly devices. But when his education was completed, he was command- 
ed to prepare himself to be anointed, and receive, the oath. .. But, when he 
was told what was réqired of him, he declared. himself unable. to. comply 
with their request, but he gave anser, “I will receive one. female, and hold 
her all my own, as'I fear/the disease that'is in the land, and I cannot: hold 
myself liable to such a fearful death as I have witnessed among the _priests 
and confessors.” Then said the aged priest, “You can never become one of 
us.” Then said my father, “Leave me to myself for a time, and if Ican 
comply to the request made by you, I will.” “Go then,” said the priest, 
“mix with the human family, and you will learn yaw are a man, There,you 
will learn to prepare yourself and become one of us.” Frail he was, but he 
had been kept in darkness. He then was dressed as. a common. man, and — 
wept forth, not knowing whither. | He went to Crete, and as he was stroll+ 
ing about the streets, he espied a beautiful damsel: looking from:the window : 
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the bright face he had seen at the window. , The father bade him begone. 
My father ¢ gave answer, “Let. me look. upon her, then I will go.” Then said 
the ruler, “You can look upon her, but none can:have her, as she is all I 
have left of four.” _|Then she was called, and he addressed her thus; «Dam; 
sel, my heart i is filled with your beauty, and your father will not let you be 
mine.” She answered, “My father is filled with cares, and I. cannot. leave 
him. Go, go man. When I am free, then I may look upon, you. with  fa- 
vor.” - Then he went aN ay, as he said, “I will become a priest, then I can 
have her, if she will or no.” He then went back to the priest, and said, “I 
am ready to. be prepared for the priesthood, ”.. When he had done that which 
was required of him, he came before the priest, and said, “Auoint me. _ Let 
the oath be administered; I am ina great hurry.” “What,” said the priest, 
“have you begun to learn that you are like other men?” He auayaneds “The 
ruler of Crete is dead, and I would bring his daughter away.” Then said 
the priest, “I will have her here before the sun goes down on to-morrow.” 
But my father answered, “She is all my own.” “She shall be kept for you, 
and none other shall lay hands upon her until you have kept her as long as 
you, choose.” “Then she will never. be destroyed. I will keep her all my: 
own,” answered my father. Then four confessors were sent.to Crete. They 
brought back the damsel, and she was left with my father. In one year from 
that time I was born, and I was all the one my mother bore. 

_ Here I feel to make. a remark, as it has been breathed in my _ presence, 
by the revelator herself, that from the bosom of hell, angels have been born. 
But I dare deny, before her face. My father being a brute, and my mother 
was a holy thing.. But I fear not to say, in the day I was born, priestcraft 
held control, and fearful was their many acts upon the helpless. 


Dark deeds were looked upon as common acts, 
When: darkness filled the land; 

The high, as well.as low, had learned through facts, 
They must:all bow at the priests command. 


When I was fourteen years old, I was taken from my mother’s kind care, 
and carried to Antioch, that I could be educated according to the decree of 
of the council, that I could be anointed when I was twenty-one years old. 
IT remained in Antioch until I was twenty, then I was permitted to remain in 
court, with my father, one year. During that year I saw my mother three 
times, and once I was permitted to enter her chamber, and I conversed with 
her as long as I chose. When the door was closed, my mother sat down be- 
side, and lay her hand in mine, and there she related her own life-history, 
even to thathour. , I said, “How is it you are happy here?’ She replied, 
“Your father is kind to me, but I tear he will die, andI shall be destroyed 
by the priests.” “No,” I said., “I would sooner flee them, and flee them. 
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my mother, “you have not taken the oath’ yet. af you had, you ‘would damn 
your mother, and ‘seek to destroy her, as well ds the others.” Your atte 

has told me, if he had have known how fearful the oath was, he would never 
have taken it. As I was: compelled to witness my ‘mother’s: ‘death, in’ “the 
hands of a drunken pr ‘jest, and he has said, he: hoped i" should be beyond the 
reach of any, before you was anointed.” “If that. is the’ case,” I answered, 
“I will die first.” “Be cautious, my boy. ° I have been thinking of some 
plan whereby we could avoid this danger. ~ Your father i is ‘feeble, and if you 


can delay, for a time, he will die, and then we will flee this” place, and flee. 
it together.” Then 1 asked, “What can I do to avoid being anointed % “a She 


answered, “Thou art innocent, my boy, but a fearful pints is. ‘upon “you 


and they will command you tofdo what they desire of you.” ““What™ can it 


be: ”” Tsaid. Then my mother covered her face with her hands, as she | an- 
swered, “You will be compelledjto hold forty females, and among the rest 
your own mother, if she is living. But look,” she said, “here is a daggers 
and before I would yield to it, I will plunge it into my own heart. It was a 


gift from my father, on his death bed, and as he gave it to me, he said, 
‘Daughter, you will know how to use it.’ And now, my boy, say to them 


you are feeble, but as soon as you are strong enough, you will “comply. with 


their request.” At that moment the chamberlain came to the door, and 


said my father wished for me, as his breath came heavy. fe hastened to 
him, and he was dying, but he said to those around him, © “Leave me with 
my boy.” He reached out his hand to me, and said, “Iscariat, I am dying: 
f wish your mother was dead, and then I could die easy. Take this,” he 
said; “give it in her drink, and she will be saved from a fearful doom that 
awaits her.” “I will care for my mother,” I said. “But you are to be 
anointed, and become one.of them that will destroy the mother.” I answer- 
ed, “I will die first.” That caused’my father to spring up in his bed, and 
he fell back, dead. I called the servants. They prépared him for burial, 
and I was not permitted to look upon him again. And see my mother I 
could not. . But the next day the priests held a council, and they decided I 
should be prepared for the oath, as I had complied with their request in be- 
ing educated. One of the priests called to me, and said, “You are to be pre- 
pared, even now, that you may fill your father’s place. Here is a damsel, 
fresh and fair, We have had. her bronght from Crete, that you need not 
fear disease.” “Take her away,” I said; “I have no desire for females.” 

“Then we will compel you to hold her, even here.” — I answered, “She is 
beautiful, and if she is holy, let her be holy still.” Then they ‘told me to 
disrobe myself. That I refused to do, but they stripped the damsel, then 
they stripped my clothes from me, as if I had been a filthy thing. ‘Then 
they caught me by the arm, and drew me toward the damsel, and hurled | us 
both to the floor. Then they left us in that dark room, with our clothes 
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well we could expect no mercy. But we found our garments, and dressed 
‘ourselves as best we could. I pitied the damsel, as she wept continually. 
We were afraid of each other. I was afraid she would think me what I was 
‘not; and she was afraid to breathe. She crouched down in one corner. 

There we remained all of that day and night. The next day dawned, as we 
could’ see the light through the crevice of the door. _ None came to give us 
food or drink; but during the day I said to the damsel, “How came you 
here?” She answered, “They dragged me away from home, when my fath- 
er was away, and one sister they brought a part of the way, and what they 
have done with her, I know not.” The rays. of light disappeared, and still 
none came near. I said to the damsel, “If we are doomed to die, we will 
dié'as we are, and not damn each other.” I think she must have slept, as 
she gave no answer. But in the middle of the night I heard a genile rap 
at the door. “I sprang to my feet, and asked,‘ Who is there?” “Hush,” 
-was all Théard. Then the bolt was carefully moved back, and my mother 
stood before me. In one hand she held a bunch of keys, and in the other 
she held a taper. The damsel sprang to her feet, and my mother breathed 
deep, as shé said, “The sentinel is asleep, and I have the keys. We will go 
down a flight of dark stairs, but this taper will assist us. We can then 
reach the outer gate, and if it need be, I will plunge this dagger into the 
gatekeeper’s heart. We sped on, but when we came to the gate it was ajary 
and the gatekeeper lay there drunk. He had been drugged by a band of 
eonfessors that wished to go in and out without being observed. 

We passed ont, but had not gone but a little way, when we were accost- 
ed by four confessors, and they had with them a fair damsel of Caldea. 
They asked how was it we had come out. My mother answered, “We were 
sent out for confessors that were missing, and now you have come, creep in- 
to your beds, thén they will think you have been asleep, and did not hear 
the call.”. They hastened in, and shut the gate after them. ‘Then we 


hastened forward. We reached Judea’s borders the second day. When we: 


had reached a humble hut we asked for bread, and they gave usa piece of 
hard, brown crust... We took it, and went into a by-place. ‘There we sat 
down and ate it. As we went on that day the damsel seemed to falter. My 
mother saw she could not go much farther, and as we were sitting by the 
way, I accosted a boy that was driving sheep, and asked him if there was any 
Caldea’s people living near. . He answered, “There is a family living low 
down in the valley, if they are not all/killed.” I asked, “What should kill 
them?” . He said, “The priests have been through the country, and most of 
Caldea’s people are killed or fled.” There we bent our steps, but none weré 
there that could bid us come in. I pushed back the door, and there lay two 
dead females, entirely naked... My mother burst into tears, as she exclaimed, 
“‘God has saved you! God has saved you! If you had taken the oath, 
you would have destroyed many, even.as these poor creatures are destroy- 


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ed. ” The word “God” I had never heard spoken, before, andwhen.I heard 
it breathed, through my mother, I was afraid, , I) did. know that. was. the 
word that had been, forbidden to be spoken; under any,, conditions. ,.After)a 


time my mother said, ‘‘My boy, I am a heretic.”,; The shock. went all over 


me, but when I looked at my mother I could sq say, “If;, that, holy, , woman 


is a heretic, I too will be a heretic.” After we turned away,|we ; conyers 


much on the fearful destruction of. the people by the priesthood. |, Deity 


day we saw many fleeing, some in one way,,and) some another. After a 
time I asked a man what could cause so much commotion, I got, for .an- 
swer, “There had been a crazy heretic in Cana, and he) had, fled. to. Caper- 
naum, but the priests are agoing to. cut off all heresy, and then there may be 
a rest for the Hebrews., I; am a Hebrew,” he. said, “and I have. been in 
eonstant fear of being destroyed for months, ,, ‘They have carried away, my 


cattle, but: my family are left.alive. I have been told,” he \continued, “that 


there was a Jew that was most,as: crazy: as.the Hebrew, ‘but! he, has) gone, 
none knows where.” The damsel said, “The Jew was. in Caldea)-before; 1 
went away, and it was daily expected the priests would behead him) but. he 
had ever fled, ere they could lay hands upon him.” ;We. continued, our 
journey, throughout Judea’s borders, until we. paola the river Euphratese. 
ambere we crogeed ona Haat, then crossed a desert, one: init s court ‘then 
riness ac beggary. | baa was “it here ¢ ? Dreary pie Pale e “he yeti 
sel said, “If we could reach Caldea, we should be fed, at least.’ ”: Then we 
retraced our steps for two days, and reached Caldea, but’ were filled with dis- 
may when we heard John was declaring! God in the open fields, in» the | for- 
est, and on the hillsides, knowing fale well: it would: bape te a ne eer 
among the people. — gor ba elitr Bi Q 1OG ‘TORO Tee 
I next accosted an aged man, and: ene him if he: stiles Labs me’ wohivtd 
John, the Jewish dispenser; was. / He looked at me with astonishment; and 
said, “Is it the crazy heretic: yoware inquiting for ?: -Ifit is, you will® find 
him by going beyond that hill.. I'saw him there, but I didnot stop'to listen 
to doctrines that »make everybody crazy that dares listen, and believe any- 
thing he says.” I said, “God bless you, man.” He fled fromime, as he said, 
“Another heretic.” .I made my: way to where John was holding forth::’) As 
I drew near. he said, “Has God blessed another ‘of his children; and led ‘him 
into the field to gather the grain, ere it falls back to earth again.) ‘Gather, 
O, gather: The harvest is ripe, andthe reapers’ aré few. Gather syour 
wheat into a garner, but burn the chaff, that the ashes may invigorate’ the 
field again, that it may bring'forth another harvest.” Then “he «continued, 
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a’husbandman that went ‘forth * to sow 
seed. He scattereth the grain, and the fowls of the-air take their ‘portion. 
Some falls upon the rocks; it springs up, but it perisheth; because’ there’ ‘is ” 
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choked by the: tares, while:some falls on good: ground and. springs: up, and 
the rains fall upon ‘it,and gives it strengthyand the dews’ cause’ it to bow: its 
head with a rich harvest for the reaper... Holy is: the grain, to me, that‘is 
gathered into the garner of, Almighty God, and the grain his) own children.” 
I was held, transfixed to the spot, and: John: stepped: forward,’ and said, 
“Brother, God has anointed you for his own, and you will lay down all you 
haye for truth’s sake.” “Amen,” I said. “If I could: help humanity to lay 
off, their heathen; idolatrous influence, that is laid upon them by the design- 
ing priesthood, and, cut short the brutish'confessors in the habiliments of men, 
Iam ready, I am willing, to declare mys¢lfa human sacrifice, in order that 
humanity may unbind. herself, and shout. freedom, my God, freedom: for- 
ever.» I,am thine, andJ.am thine, eternal cai forever.” Here: another 
shouted, “Hell’s. fiends are drawing near.” © ‘Jolin said, “Let them come: 
God is here.” ., ‘As they drew near, they begun to denounce heresy, and they 
called. John a babbling fool. He listened to their derision, then he answer- 
ed, “A. fool is known by his folly, but a wise man is slow to anger, but they 
that hold themselves accountable for their own folly have enough ‘to do- to 
hold themselves from heathen snares. But let» us feast our’ souls on’ the 
bread. of life, and bathe in the fountain of God’s:love, and be blessed.” He 
then folded ‘his,arms, and said, “Angels of the living God, give us life and 
strength, lest we perish, and at last fold us’ in thy bosom, that we may 
perish, and\in the bosom of ithy love: let me.rest forever there.” Then 
he’ said, “Holy God, I bless thee for the holy embrace of thy angel children 
that are now breathing upon me.” Then I saw the same holy being that 
laid her hand in mine. As she looked upon me, she said, “Dear brother, 
_ may. God.assist us in blending humanity, in this ‘age, all that will be blessed. 
But all those that. hold. themselves away from’ light, how can we bless 
them ?” . I answered, “Let us fold the holy love-lit souls in ‘our embrace, 
and ask God to bless them.” » Then John bowed his head, and a holy ‘light 
fellon’him. »It was’so bright we all exclaimed, “How holy the light: must 
be within to attract such a’ halo of glory from eternal distance.” He knelt 
in prayer, and we were all filled with that’ holy light divine, that filled each 
human mind with life that’ perisheth not. After the multitude dispersed T 
saw many lingered, and I'said, “Where do those people dwell that do not 
go with the rest to their homes?” “Rest,” John answered; “where is rest 
but/in eternal distance? “Home! Where is our home, but’ where’ God’s 
éhildren lead us?) Harth'is our home; heaven ‘is our rest, among the holy 
ehildren of Aimighty God; those’ that have sought to bless humanity. 
Lead, O, lead ‘us; thow holy child of Leiah, through the dark valley of death, 
and hold us, by thy light, in the bosom of our God.” Then we began to 
look around us, and we saw my mother and the damsel were all the females 
among us. ‘John said, “Take them to that humble ‘home, yonder, and they 


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will be madé comfortable.; But these, my followers, are designed by a 


mighty God to live and die beggars. wbegsing bread to feed ‘the body, and 
begging God’s, mercies for his erring children.” | Night‘closed ‘in - ‘upon us, 
and we lay down upon the green sward, wisatd anything to’ eat, and’ there 
we rested until morning. There, as the sun’s bright rays fell ‘upon'us, we 
breathed in a holy aroma, as froma bed of fall/blown flowers. © It filled us 
with strength, and we arose to our féet as with’one accord. — I'said; “Holy 
is the aroma of angeél’s breath. | May it fill us all full of faith’ in» the’ éver 
presence of an influence divine, fresh from the inner life of ‘creation.’ ‘Here 
we knelt:in prayer, pouring out our heart’s anguish on the ‘altar. of human- 
ity, for the poor, benighted creatures that walked-the earth’in mortal forms. 
In this manner we continued together, going from place to’ place, declaring 
God, healing the sick. Sometimes we could find a covering” ‘for the’ night, 
sometimes we had food, sometimes we would have nothing for days. | But 
were always fed with the bread of. life, and always comforted with the holy 
spirits of Leiah’s band. Here:I felt the. command that was laid upon me to 
declare against heathen idolatrous worship, andthe hellish devices of the 
anointed priests; in order to: crush out every desire to‘bléss’ the’ poor, be- 
nighted creatures that: looked to them for guidance, when their whole device 
was to chain them ‘to «their will, that they. could live in‘drunkenness, de- 
bachery, and have all the excited desires of the fleshgratified. Idid declare 
what I knew to be true, and the priesthood heard: of it, and ‘they’ held a 
council and, decided that I should be beheaded. ©This. spt 9 about’ “iN 
months after I met John:at Selucia. . NOM, STS sai) 
‘Here a great commotion began, and we were  detreateat to flee’ ee night. 
I called my) mother ‘and: the damsel, and’ said, “Are you prepared to lay 
down your lives for truth’s sake?” » They both answered in’ one breath, and 
said, ‘All I have I give to thee, thou: God of Jight.”..'- “Then,” I ‘said, “you 
are prepared to glorify God. . Here is a herdsman ;»he is all good.) He has 
lost his wife and daughters through the wicked, devices» of the priesthood: 
They refused to, bow to their beastly desires, and they were: commanded to 
be held by the confessors until they were dead, and so it.was. \Heis now @ 
poor, lone being, and he has.batone bey. ». They; dwell there together... -Go 
ye there, and if you. love. him, dear, mother, marry him in-holy wedlock. 
You may yet-be blessed... And you, damsel, if. you love the youth, and he 
loves) you, then.you will, be blessed. in your ‘love, ‘one for the other, and earth 
will be blessed through your offspring.” "They. did. unite in. marriage,/and 
the damsel did bear a ‘son, and,that son was, banished upon a lone island, by. a 
confessor that entered his home and beheaded the father, and held the) moth- 
er, and sought to destroy the son by setting him adrift upon)the ocean wavey, 
hoping he would die there, ‘but a higher power, than man, guided the, frail 
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trolled by angels of light, and there they gave revelations that would have 
filled the world with light, ere to-day, if they had not been destroyed by the 
eatholie priests when’ Michael called for all the manuscripts in the land to 
be brought before him, He was therein first anointed Pope after those 
lieathen bands united themselves into a body.’ He was naught'but a bigot 
anda ‘brute; and when he looked those holy records over, that had been 
kept in the once Jewish synagogue, and the brutes had driven the Jews out 
with their battle axes, they took possession of their records, and all they 
could mystify, and use to serve their purpose, sie held. But a great’ por- 
tion was inscribed in ancient Arabic, that related to‘the future, could not be 
translated by any in that age. They were laid away beneath the floor, in 
the grand entrance, and they remain there until this day. Antioch may 
hold them, but God’s children can translate: them where they are, and as 
they are. The brute that destroyed the son, after his return, saw not the 
mighty knowledge that was revealed to him. | That was the utter annihila- 
tion of heathen control over human souls. The son was John, the revelator, 
bat had the:catholics had known what. were contained in the records, they 
would have burned them long ere this day. 

+ After Dhad seen my mother and the damsel cared for, I. then fled with 
the rest to Mesapotamia. There we remained nearly a year, in different 
parts of the kingdom, holding forth daily, healing the sick, living among the 
beggars, declaring God would work changes, and if they lived holy lives 
they would all find homes in the bright world beyond... There the holy an- 
gels never forsook us, and we were blessed indeed. As we were making our 
way toward Clarahae a traveler told us that a crazy heretic: had been in 


Babylonia, and he was making his way toward the border country. - I said, 


“Let.us all go to him... He will need our aid, and there will be a great com- 
motion, as there has been a price set upon his head: many times.” I said, 
“He must be good, else they:would not fear his exposing their wickedness 
and deceit. And in his holy labor he must have been held by a mightier 
power than man, less they would have destroyed him.” The excitement 
among the heathen became fearful, and we took our departure in the even- 
ing, and left them to their own condition. We. traveled many a weary 
league, o’er desert, moorland, and forest, begging our bread when we could 
reach a tiller of the earth, and from the herdsmen. There were so many 
destitute beggars, consisting mostly of Hebrew families, going. from one part 
of the country to the other, hardly knowing whither, hoping to find some 
spot where they could find rest trom that constant fear that oppressed them 
—that constant fear of being destroyed by the anointed Priests and confes- 
sors. ‘They would journey about until they were cut off, or find ‘rest, fora 
time, in some desolate spot, where they would feel more secure from being: 
molested. As heresy was being scattered, it caused the heathens to be more’ 
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_, After eleven days we reached, Chaledon, and as we entered there, where. 
the heretigs had lodged the night, before, I said, “This: ‘is the home. of an- 
gels.” I was breathing a prayer to. Almighty God, when, the door, opened, 
and five holy brothers entered. ,,. When I/had.ceased to, pray, 1 heard a holy, 
calm voice answer,,“‘God ishere, and his, children.are here... Blessed be his: 
name ; he is all in, all.” . When: I looked upon, him that made that expres-. 
sion, my; heart,.was cepa Ww ith a, holy love.that I had :never. known before.. 
I could. nh help, exclaiming, “Holy brother, | all, I have, I give to thee and. 
humanit ty” He answered, “God be praised you have come, eet brothers. 
There i is a work to’be done on the morrow, that will,take ‘all, the, power that: 
can be given through you all... Iam, but, a feeble thing, but. Godi ‘is: mighty, 
and his mercies endure forever.”:, ‘Lhis being: in) the dusk: of the! ‘evening, 
Jesus did not discern John until a ray of light fell upon him, then he:flew to’ 
him, folded;him to his bosom, and wept ‘aloud... When he becamie calm, the: 
angel of light folded bim to her bosom, and. breathed her life into that frail, 
body... Then he arose to his feét, covered all-over. with. light, and. then the 
angel declared we should alldie. . But)until the hour did come, we! must be. 
faithful to our labor, let come what would. «Then she added, “This ‘is ‘the: 
last. time you, will be called upon to labor in Antioch, and: your, work ‘must 
be done, and. well done, and do not leave anything undone. that ¢am’ be done) 
in this age. But, my dear brothers, the time wiil come, when you will come: 
back to earth to bear testimony concerning that whiclivis) done ‘in! this age, 
when changes havé been wrought among the inhabitants of: earth, and’ they 
are ready to receive us, and not‘endanger those through whom: ‘we‘breathe; 
and we can declare the presence of the living: God, and thes presence” of ‘his 
children. .Then:we shall comé back to finish up‘that which will: be« began 
by, your lives, and your:deaths.” Then she: breathed out of my brother, ‘and’ 
drew near me. . Then shouted, “Holy Creator; God, then heathen bigots 
will be chained and bound foréver by ‘thy electric cords » that binds» worlds’ 
together, and then priesteraft will be known’no more, and then the angels: 
of light will dwell with thy children, my God, forever, leading, : guiding, di- 
recting, in all things, until’ they ‘are borse away'to’a holy’ place of rest’? 
John stood beside me, and he folded his arms around) me.’ Jesus rose'to his’ 
feet, and said, ‘‘Be it known to you all, God’s commmand is upon us. 0 There 
is a work to be done for coming ages, and if we are faithful, sure: ‘will be, if; 
not. in this life, in the life beyond. There we shall rejoice: in» the’ freedom, 
of human souls, that have been held from darkness, seb Ha ee light, 
from beyond.” | iD whl er doe 

Then another influence came in our midst, and breathed)  apaie ii oadtas 
and said, “Brothers, eat your barley bread, lie down and rest ; there | willsbe 
a great commotion-on the morrow... Many will be brought to you that are 
diseased, and all) the strength you can gather will be required, in order) your 
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Hundreds are, even eo ‘making their way “toward the city, and they will 
await your coming.” “Then the spirit breathed a prayer for us. all, and left 
us to find rest in ‘sleep. “But before he breathed out of Thomas, he’ said, 
“Come, ‘daughter, we must haste : away. Joseph and his family must have 
our care to-night.” The morning dawned upon us, and we arose, and’ has- 
ted away toward the city. Ere we entered the gates, many accosted us, 
and we lay hands’ upon them, and they would be healed: Then we’ toiled 
on until ‘night closed in, then we fled the city, in order torest. In the morn- 


ing, again, we entered the city, and ‘made our way to the great square. 


There we healed the -ick, and declared God, until four in the af erncon. IT 
then saw a band of ‘confessors coming with their battle axes. As we had 
been scattered ¢ among the multitude, we gathered together. We fled through 
the gate, as it had been left open all day, and we fled across the brook. 

There » we ate and drank, and began our journey toward Jerusalem. Weary 
days passed away, ere we reached the highlands, that overlooked the city. 

I could but exclaim, “Ancient as thou art, thou hast fiends within thy walls, 
and they are damning thy people.” Jesus sat down u pon a little hillock, 

and he bowed his head in prayer for that people, and he said, “O, Jerusalem, 
thou hast slain thy prophets; thou hast cast out the holy children of Benja- 
min ;, thou hast fostered the viper in thy bosom, that will, sting you to the 
vitals, and they will leave you but a heap of ruins. Ages on ages will pass 
away, ere thou will off-r a home again to Judea’s chi'dren, but the anointed 
priests will pollute the soil, on which thou rest, with the blocd of the inno- 
cent, because they will not bow down to the wicked devices of Moses, and 
his heathen influences, that are to-day destroying the blvod, of Abraham. and 
Jacob, Hold them, Creator God, brute as they are, from, destroying. the 
holy faith of Abraham, andthe holy submission of Jaco, until their. seed 
can be scattered all over the earth; until a holy people shall spring up filled 
with holy love to thee, thou God of immensity.” Then grief seemed to fill 
his whole soul, and big tears rolled down his cheeks, as he , exclaimed, “Oft 
would i have gathered you together, as ahen gathereth her chickens, but 
ye fled me, and I was left to beg, even in thy streets. I have fasted and 
prayed, and begged bread from door to door, in order that I could be borne 
along until the hour came for me to be borne back, and be hung upon the 
cross, that. thy children may, in thy own time, be held, from heathen, idola- 
trous worship, and that all the children of earth may flee evil, and seek thee, 
thou God of holy love, that alone finds rest in the hearts of the geod.” Then 
he raised his head, and said, “We will enter that city, but not for the last. 
time ; but I shall come back once more, and then my earth labor will be at 
an end in this age. There my.cares will end, and this weary body will find 
Teste? oe | ; 
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asleep. As the first dawn of day shed its rays upon the hill , ‘we arose, and 
made c our ‘way through. the ferns and brakes, until we reached the main. road, 
then we. crossed upon the hillside, Then the holy brother, Bartholomew, 
acknowledged the power of an unseen God, after he had been felled to, the 
earth, and a more. faithful brother could not be. found... ‘There Jesus. was 
controlled for hours, by four different influences, The first, was Leiah, t then 
Japtha,, next Sabilla, and then the angel daughter. of Leiab, ‘di Her breath 
filled him, with holy adoration to God, and he exclaimed, “Blessed are ‘they 
that live i in accordance with God's laws; ; they are sure to be blessed hereaf- 
ter. Blessed are they that seek. God, through his wondrous formations ; 5 


there they will be blessed by finding. him there. . Blessed are those. that. 


mourn for humanity’ 3 wrongs 5 their mourning. shall cease in the world be- 
yond , Blessed are they that hunger for rightousness ; is they. shall be fed 
with eternal life. Blessed are they. that work good for humanity, for their 
reward i is rest in. the bosom of theit God.. Blessed — are they, that labor 
among the inhabitants of earth, that they may live in holy’ adoration to God, 
and to bless humanity, and prepare the way that coming ages: may under- 
stand that the angels are ever watching o’er them, seeking to guide and ‘di- 
rect into all'truth” He then added, “Holy life beyond calls, and we would 
gohome. If humanity would receive truth as it is, then we would be free. 
Frée from death; free from sorrow ; free” from the dark ‘devices of hell’s 

begotten i in priestly robes. ‘Then the holy balm of a father’ 8 love would heal 
the broken hearts. Then humanity would be blessed, and’ plessed forever» 
and God would be glorified ‘through the brightest and holiest of his crea- 
tions.” Here he lay his hand upon his heart, and a chill went c over. his 
whole body. As he knelt, he said, “Care for my darling brother, lest he 
dies.” John folded him to his bosom, and gave a portion ‘of his own life to 
that of his brother. “He bore him away, and they laid down and slept to- 
gether. Hundreds came to us that day, and. went back into the city, and de- 
clared what they had heard and seen. Many came ‘out. to ‘meet: us, and 
brought their sick, laying them by the wayside, and by the gates, where, we 
were to pass. Healing began at early morn, and continued until the sun 
was going down. ‘Then a mighty commotion commenced, and the priests 
and confessors were seen everywhere, dashing upon the ae helpless erea- 
tures, and beheading them, shouting, “Death to the heretics.” I saw four 
dragged away that had come from Caldea with US. One was Jude, thé son 
of Caiphas, one was a herdsman’s son that had followed us ‘from Caldea, 
Andrew and his brother Simon, They were bound, and dragged away by 
the hair and hung on the square, in front of Pontias Pilate’s home, and 
they were left there all night, and until noon on the day following, that 
they could be looked upon as deceivers. I “followed Bartholomew into 
his father’s home, but when we fled from there, I fled with, Stephen, and. 
Stephen’s son, Samuel, and Silas, but Jésus ‘was commanded to flee alone 


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iato the mountains, and we were commanded to go into the forest and high- 
land, -and make our way by night, toward Tyre, as Jesus would. come down. 
from the mountains in that part,of the country. of Fey 

(1 fell. in, witha band of gipsies.’, I remained with them until, the" tinie 
had nearly expired, then I made my ‘way, toward Tyre. . Holy God, how 
cam I describe the inhabitants of that city, in that day? Justice demands of 
me to give as it was, but. at the same time I am aware that the ‘inhabitants 
of this country can, hardly credit my statements. Here was where Lazarus, 
Martha and Mary drew their first breath:... The father’s blood. was, Hol- 
land’s. blood, coming down through Sodom’s’ borders, but he was a holy, man, 
and one'that believed in an Infinite Creator.. But his grandmother was Ital- 
ian blood ; his mother. was from Crete, therefore his was a descendant of the 
holiest: blood earth knew, and he was not damned by heathen blood, to. entail 
a curse upon. his children, . His companion was through the holy. blood of 
the ancient Steven, the Armenian, that defended his kingdom ‘witha \hun- 
dred and fifteen, faithful brothers... They held the country against: the ‘inva- 
ding foe, who were anointed priests and confessors from the Hindoo country, 
until he was seyenty-eight years old. He was then overpowered by a band 
of Hivites, and he) fell beneath the battle axe, and his kingdom: was taken. 
The men were slaughtered and the: women were held by the army, but a 
remnant was held holy, because they fled to the mountains beyond Sodom. 
Thus the blood was held by a mightier power than man. It is well known 
that Joseph was from the house of, David, but O, Tyre, thow:didst give a 
home, for a season, to-holy angels bright, else I could not breathe ought of 
thee. . Thou hadst ever been hell’s mightiest bulwork, and thou wert a sink 
_ of iniquity, and thou art damned and doomed... The’ heathen brutes have 
held thee, even to this day, and naught but the power of Almighty God can 
cleanse thee from thy damning influences, . It was toward this unholy. spot I, 
made my way. When I espied the. city afar off, I called on God and, his 
angels to direct me. In a moment a flash of light fell over me, and a gentle 
hand was laid in mine, and a sweet voice breathed a prayer for, the faithful, 
that. must die. Then she said, “Come, dear brother, let us hasten away. 
Jesus has come down from the mountain, and he needs thy .aid.”.,. Then I 
arose to my feet, and hastened down the hillside... I was accosted by a, He- 
brew, and he said, “Do not enter the city; if you do you will: be cut off, you, 
being a. heretic.” I said, “How do you know I ama heretic?” He.an- 
swered, “That female spirit, is beside you that is always around heretics:...)I 
saw her last night, and she told me to hasten away from the city, as on, the 
morrow the, gates would be closed, and all that passed in or out, would. be 
held. to an account, and if they were: affected with heresy, they would. be | 
held until the priests. were ready to behead. them, and I don’t think it is well, 
for you, to, go. there. But there-is a, great gathering.on the hillside, where 


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you can see the tent yonder” He ‘said no’ more, and I. ee ' 
John first saw me,’and he lineal ‘T fear’ our ‘brothér ‘w will “die, ‘and 'W ve 
be left to be cut to pieces.” At ‘that moment’ I'saw the future.’ and atta 
edy“The ‘hour is not' yet.” But when I drew near ‘he was’ laying’ Yeside his 
mother, a poor, ‘pruised Jamb; indeed.’ “I knelt beside him, and he looked up 
and said, “God 'bléss you, dear brother; Tam’ glad'yow' have’ come.” | He’ 
then closed his ¢yes, and I wert out to see what was to be dote.* Cornelius’ 
had but-reached there.’ He was sitting down on’a'benchy atthe door of the 
tent, his head resting upon his hands, and I saw he was’ filled with grief” ‘sift 
accosted him, ‘and ‘said, “Holy father, what 4 is to be’ done? peri ‘He’ answered, 
“All must ‘die, and it'fills my heart with grief when I see so’ man any ‘helpless’ 
creatures huddling together, preparing for the slaughtér.”’ Then he answer 
ed, “God is our shepherd, and he will soon’call us’ home.” “ ‘Thén “I’'saw- 
Bartholomew preparing to feed the hungry. » He told°them to bring forward 
all the bread they:had, and‘sit:down and éat;‘as they must begin a” ‘journey’ 
toward Jerusalem: /After‘they had soit he said, “Gather up’ er erumb 3) 
you willneed it before you get any more.” Then’ Testis called us around 
him, and’said, “Bartholomew is’the strongest’ ‘of you all: ‘Take’ Mary iu’ 
your arms:;. the brothers. will: assist’ me,:and we: must énlchoansetinsel % 
From ‘that: time I was constantly beside the poor, helpless children of perse- 
cution, and did all Icould relieve their necessities.” Hardship: and’toil ‘was’ 
around! us, death was before | us,’and’ in’ this hopeless’ condition ‘we ‘went- 
forward. \\ Starvation hung heavy pen ue Senod ef} nioTt sew gato iea) 


I need not: detailconcerning that fourteen’ days ‘of’ ‘suffering’ ‘that ‘will’ 


never find record among ‘the ‘children ‘of earth. Who éould detail the suf. 
fering of a starving multitude, and‘do them justice? “But ‘with’ all’ ‘of our’ 
suffering we knew we were homeward bound; “and” that homé,’a’ “place “of 
peace and rest. © Held, as we: ‘were, from’ the” battle’ axe, hope brightened 
around us, as we’ were ‘entering Jerusalem. Filo O, how soon’ it was blast 
ed, and hope faded away like’ the morning mist. "It did seem’ ‘hat ‘all the” 
fiends that had’ ever ‘existed ‘had gathered in that doomed’ ‘city—doomed to . 
be overthrown and left in a heap of ruins.“ ‘After we had entered | the’ city 
the magistrate commanded Jesus to dismount. Knowing’ his hel plesstiess' ot 
stepped forward to assist him: | Then the’ magistrate’ hurled me fro him, 


and exclaimed, “Begone, you damned. heretic, you will find you dre'Hot” in’ 


Antioch. Jerusalem ‘is prepared: for you all.” He then reac hed’ up afid'as? 


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sisted Jesus to'alight from the ass: “Hands were ‘reached “ out tow rd him, 


bat he’ was’ compelled to leave them all tintil Mary’ 8 hand was laid “in” ‘his 
That hand was-held fast. He faltered, and'the’ magistrate said, “Come along, , 
Tam ina hurry.” But he clung to his mother’s hand, ‘and ‘she followed: nih 
to the door of the efitrance into the council’ chatiber. Then the | ‘ma. gistrate 
said, “Go away; this is no place for females.” “Then she’ dropped Bis up- 


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‘on the ground, but ere I could reach her, a priest. had ordered.a confessor to 
drag away the heretic, or he would strike off her head. I then followed 
him, begging him to desist. He,.gave answer, “The damned harlot ought to 
be beheaded.” I then sprang upon him, and took her from him by force. 
He went back among the heathen band that’stood arourd the door. I saw 
Martha, and called to her, saying, “Take care of Mary; these heathen con- 
fessors are determined to destroy her.” Martha folded her arms around 
Mary, and they sank to the earth together. I saw Bartholomew attempting 
to remain near the door, that he could assist his brother when he came out 
again, but he was driven away by the guard, that held a battle axe before 
him. He sought the Hebrews, and he found them utterly disheartened. 
Jesus did come out at last, but, O, how entirely broken, down, and despair 
iwas depicted in every expression. His face was flushed, his hair was  dis- 
heveled, his feet were bare, and his tattered garments barely covered his na- 
kedness. His cloak had been wrapped: around Mary, in order to cover her 
from shame. It has been said, that for his garments the guard did cast lots. 
but [must give the truth, as it was. All the garments’ he had on was a 
buckskin shirt, and a breech cloth, that I prepared for him by taking Bar- 
tholomew’s coat; that was worn almost to rags. I took the back of the coat, 
and by tearing off the fronts, and then binding it around» the body, ere he 
started in the morning to enter the city. The same garments. were upon 
him when he hung upon the cross, and none other.’ The half I dare not 
tell, of the naked condition of that multitude that followed him from ‘Tyre, 
beeause the inhabitants of earth, in this day, could not credit it. But there 
is one thing I do know. My own clothes were entirely worn out, all but 
my buckskin breeches and girdle. I made an attempt to get something to 
cover my back and chest, but it was utterly impossible, as there were no 
garments that could be spared from any. 

I was near the gate when they dragged Jesus out of the city, by his hair, 
but I could not get near, for the crowd was dense. But when he raised the 
cross, and bore it up the hill, then I crowded near that I could have touch- 
ed him. But when he dropped beneath his burden I was in hopes he would 
never breathe again. He lay there, gasping for breath, and the big drops 
of sweat ran down his face. But in a few moments he sprang to his feet, 
and I saw he was electrified all over. Then he said, “Give me water; give 
ine water.” ‘The priest took from a bystander, a cup, and handed it to him. 
He raised it to his lips, then he saw it was gall and vinegar. He dashed 
the cup into the face of him that handed it to him, and said, “Drink, damna- 
tion to your own soul, because God will damn you for that act.” Then he 
stooped down and picked up the cross again, and bore it ‘along to where it 
was to be set. Then he lay it down, and dropped beside it. At that mo- 
inent we were driven back by a band of heathen, that had arrived from the 


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country. I was driven back among the Hebrews, and I sought Mary, but 
they told me she had gone to her son. | Hours passed away, ere I could gain 
courage to go and look upon that holy man, in the agony that has no de- 
scription. At last I said to Martha, “I will go and look upon him once 
more,” and as I made my way to him, 1 saw Bartholomew attempting to 
reach him, with a cup of water. But the cup was'dashed from his hand, and 
his héad was struck off. I then sprang forward, and ere I could reach my 
brother, a blow from some one, caused my breath to be staid, and my spirit 


was free. And I am prepared to say, that I was never questioned concern- 


ing Jesus, while I was in Jerusalem, as he was there, in the hands of his per- 
secutors. Heathens and Jews, they had leagued together, in order to’ de- 
stroy the holy man of Nazareth. He came to them, and they crucified him. 
And as for gold being offered to any, that to betray him, it is something I 
know nothing about. Thus ended my earth life in my thirty-fourth year. 
Through the holy blood of my mother, I was saved from the heathen 
damned. Who can understand me, when I say heathen damned? Is not a 
man damned, when there is nothing in his nature but a desire to damn. oth- 
ers? Fearful was my destiny; fearful was my doom; but held from eternal 
darkness, by a ray of light, that filled my whole soul with its brightness. 
Humanity, art thou willing to be filled with light? If thou are, then I can 
direct you aright. Flee all anointed priests, bishops and clergy. They are 
but the offspring of heathen brutes, that held earth's inhabitants chained and 
bound countless ages, because the knowledge of the living God could not 
be understood ty them. And when light came. in their midst, they could 
not comprehend it, because there was not light enough in their own beings 
to give reflection a resting place in their souls. | Then the desire to control 
others, begot a condition by forming idols, and causing the poor, benighted 
creatures to feel as in accordance as they appeased the idol, they would. be 
blessed, And in all countries and nations of the earth, the first born have 
been lain upon. the altar, and their warm heart’s blood has been sprinkled 
upon the idol, to appease its wrath, and it is from that, and that alone, that 
humanity has caught the idea ofan angry God. Flee, oh, flee, such heathen 
devices, and learn what God is. .Shapen him not like unto an image, in the 
likeness of anything that has form, but behold him through his mighty 
works, and feel him.ever near. That is the prayer of a friend of humanity, 


Iscariot was my name, but in after time I was dalled Judas, as I was eallad 


by that name after I left Cairo. 
Here I am, breathing my own life. IRE a. female, that pains all 


things but the brother that comes before her, and here I cannot but exclaim, 


“Her life is lain upon the altar of humanity, but they know it not, any more 
than the heathens, knew that.the holy blood that was shed on Mount Calvary 
was but to:convince the benighted children of earth that idols could not for- 
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not live aright.”. And now I can cathe. free, and say, farewell, forever. 
And you, O child of destiny, I will labor for you here on earth, and I will 
labor beside you forever. God bless you. Iam your brother, you are my 
sister, and I am still | 


JUDAS ISCARIOT. 


CHAPTER XVII. ; 
“HISTORY OF LAZARUS. 


FURTHER RECORDS FROM THE AGE OF HEATHEN OPPRESSION, GIVEN 
DECEMBER 10TH, 1870. 


' wa bring their records, but we chose from among them such as are 
befitting the work before us. Lazarus will relate his own life-history, while 
I will inscribe. it for him.—Servbe. 


~My father was from Hebrew blood, and my mother must be called a 
Sodomite. When Sodom was engulphed in burning fires, from the bosom 
of the earth, my mother’s ancestry dwelt at the foot of the mountain, ard 
they were saved from sharing the fate of those in the city. They and their 
descendants dwelt there. There my father was betrothed to my mother, and 
bore her away to Selucia. There they dwelt, and were blessed with three 
children. I was their first born, then Martha and Mary, they being my 
only companions until I became a man. My father was a tanner, and my 
mother fed and clothed the family. My early days passed in ignorance, so 
far as being taught by any. But my father died when I was twenty-two, 
and left us a poor, helpless family. My mother felt that if she could go to 
Jerusalem, she could get work for herself and daughters, that would keep — 
her tamily comfortable, and we begun our journey on foot, it being twelve 
leagues, bearing along with us all we had. Our journey was slow, but when 

“we entered the suburbs of the city we were compelled to flee back into the 
forest, as the heathens were holding a feast. ‘There was a great gathering 
of priests and confessors, from all of the land, and when we arrived there, 
they were making fearful destruction among the Hebrews. Some they had 
crushed to death, while others they were dragging about, hither and thither. 
This being the third day of their drunken feast, they had become brutes, and 
they ever sought the Hebrews, instead of the heathens, to sate their hellish 
fires. Seeing a great commotion, and asking the cause, were told if we en- 
tered there we could know what to expect. My mother said, “Let us hasten 
away, while wé have strength to depart.” There we remained two days, 
and the heathens had all gone from the city. Then we built a little home, 


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on the bank of a stream. “My mother and “Martha would by braid garments 
for Judea’ 8 people, except when Martha would Bo into the | city ‘and v we sh and 
repair garments for Josephus’ father’s family. Fora day’ 8 labor she would 
receive four pennies, and that would buy half a peck of barley meal. ‘I be- 
ing feeble, I could do but a little beside helping them in their labor. Thus 
we toiled on together, until Joseph asked for Mary in Marriage. Then our 
heme was made larger, and more comfortable, as we had all dwelt in one 
room, and now we had two. Mary remained with us until her condition 
bespoke fear, as Herod, two months before, commanded every male child, 
under two years old, to be destroyed. . : And even. then, as fast as a male 
child was born, their brains were dashed out. ‘One night, as Joseph came 
home from, his labor, he was fearfully oppressed. ... He knelt down and asked 
God to direct them. He lay: down:to sleep, but, he arose in the middle of 
the. night, and said, “God has revealed to me to take Mary, and flee toward 
‘Egypt, where Herod’s spies’ were not;’and the child will’ be ‘safe, it! being a 
boy, that he shall be guided by the angel that revealed to him our danger, 
and how to shield the babe from death.” “Mary slept on, fearless of danger, 
while Joseph prepared for the journey. Even while Martha was, Prppeting 
‘the barley bread, Joseph said, “Hasten, let. us be gone, in this hour.” seal) 
chome was in confusion, and I asked Martha if Mary had risen from, her bed. 
She answered, “Leave her asleep ‘until the last moment.” _ After Joseph, had 
put the bread into the bag, he went. to Mary’ s bed, and | nat down, beside 
her, here he ba oe shane from God, and, guidance, from, his angel 
cafes boc Then he knelt down, and imprinted : a kiss on Mary’ 8 cheek, and 
‘she awoke, and asked how, it was they were all astir... Joseph answered, 
“God's command is upon me, and I must obey... An angel appeared t to me, 
‘in my dream, and said, ‘Take. Mary | and flee... When. you cal go no farther, 
‘I will come and direct you beyond | the heathens, that . would des troy ; the 


‘child’s life’ ” Then Mary hastened. to. prepare. herself, but when. she, open- 


ed the door, and the chilly winds swept o'er her, she was, filled with fear, and 
turned back.. I arose from my, bed, and, knelt in prayer, | asking God... to 
care for his own, and bear them through the fearful destiny. that. awaited 
‘them, knowing full well they were destined. by: Almighty, ‘God to die... But 
as I folded Mary to my bosom, I asked the angels to bear her. along on, her 
journey, and lead them to.a place of. safety. Then Mary answered, “God i i 
here, and his angel children are here. : Come, Joseph, let us hasten. away.” 
Then the door closed upon, them, and I felt. my, heart would break. Martha 
wept until. she could weep no longer. Our home became. ‘desolate from that 
fearful night. My mother drooped, and in a: few days she , died. _ Martha 
‘and I continued to live in that home, alone. . _ Years passed. away, ere Lheard 
from my dear friends, except we had heard sby a beggar, that, told. us, their 
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, One night, as we were sitting beside the fire, conversing about Mary, a 
rap was heard at the door. Isaid, “Come i in.” . Joseph entered, Pad breathed 
the name of Martha. Then he said, “Brother; God bless you.” . He then, 
told us of his family, and said, “Three boys God has given to me, but one is, 
a frail, little thing. He is seven months old, and cannot creep, and my first 
born cannot stand upon his feet. But the second one is strong and hardy. 
I have come,” he said, “to get work i in Jerusalem, but when I have fished 
the building I have the promise of, then you must both gohome with me.’ 
He remained with ns one month, then his work was done, and he felt to go. 
home. “Let. us get ready,” he said, “as Mary and Martha will be made so 
happy together, and you, dear brother, so comfortable, and I. can. earn 
enough to feed you all, and, to spare.” We then prepared our bread, and 
began ¢ our journey. Day. by day we continued ,on our way, and on the 
eleventh day we reached the foot. of the mountain, All of that day we toiled 
up the mountain, and when the light was lit in that humble home, we enter- 
ed there. Martha and Mary folded each other to their bosoms, and shout- 
ed, “Glory to God,. we have met again here on earth.” Then Mary lay her 
hand.i In mine, and said, “Brother, God is here, and_his angel children, are 
here, i in our mountain home.” The children were afraid, and I said, “Come 
here, dear children; God bless you.” As I made that expression, the eldest 
one, a frail little thing, crept beside me, and reached up his litile hands, and. 
I raised him to my knee... He Jay his head upon my bosom, and I felt he 
was a holy thing. , The other children came near, and I raised the youngest 
in my arms, he being about eizht monthsold. I said, “Joseph, how God 
has blessed you with such beautiful children.” He answered, ‘‘God’s. mer- 
cies endure forever, without a shadow of turning.” I felt a holy calm come 
over me when he made that expression, as I had been led. by, the faith- 
ful brother, and found light. | Jesus raised his head from my bosom, as he 
said, “Holy is that light, drawn from eternal light, and may. it ever lead you 
aright.” Jcseph.turned to me, and said, “Brother, the holy angel, Leiah, 
B idl breathes upon that boy, and teaches me in the ordinance belonging 
to the order, that I have never learned before.” Then the boy seemed to 
awake, and I . saw drops of prespiration standing on his forehead, like dew 
drops. I said, “Joseph, look here; Iam.atraid this influence will destroy 
this child, unless it is held from him.” Then Mary said, “I believe that 
spirit has held him from death, and his daughter blesses me daily, with her 
love and her care. She folded me to her bosom when he was born, and has 
never left me since, and whenever the children are in danger, she will give 
me warning, that I may care for them. I believe she is a holy thing, and I 
love her, and bless God for such a friend. Look, look,” said Mary;. “she is 
here now beside me.” Then she folded her arms, and shouted, “Glory to 
God. I assisted you to flee, ere those’ fiends incarnate, destroyed you, in 
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you, brother, and damn you, Martha. Ti saw, and I heard, and 1 knew their 


designs, and I caused Joseph to turn back and bare you away, and here you. 
are, in the home of angels, and pa you find rest until you will ‘be- called 
again to go down the mountains.” Then Mary opencs her eyes, and said, 


“How happy I am.” 


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day. But the time did come, when ‘Leiah controlled Jesus, ale suid The 
will go down to the lowlands, brother, as the air here is too bracing. But 


you will breathe better in the lowlands. Go on, from time to ‘time, as your 
strength will allow, until you reach Jerusalem. Prepare ' your, home a as near 


the city as possible, as I have a work to do there, by and by, when my boy \ 
gets a little stronger. They will all be brought to you, when the hour 

comes, and you will be apprised of their coming.” Then Jesus awoke, and i 
saw his breath was staid, and his heart beat. I asked him what be saw. 
He answered, as he crept close beside ay, “A black man, all ‘covered with | 
darkness, and he says you shall not go.” “God direct us,” Hf ‘said, “hen all. 
is well.” Then he looked up to me, and said, Si bright man 1 has driven 


him away ; how glad I am.” 

The next morning we began our journey, and ere night closed i in, we 
reached the valley below. ‘The next morning we hastened on, but the fourth 
day my strength gave out, and Martha began to build a home for us, with 
boughs she gathered from the forest, and grass she gathered from the earth. 


That night we lay down to rest, with the hope of continuing our journey the 
next day, but I was unable to rise from my bed of dried grass, and Martha 


made me as comfortable as she could, and I was compelled to remain there 


two mon:hs. Then again we continued our journey, until we reached Jeru- 


salem, and our home was destroyed.* Martha hired a deserted ‘hut, that 
had been occupied by a Hebrew family. They had all ‘been destroyed “by 
confessors, that had gathered to the feast, which was ever held once each 


year. At these times the Hebrews were fearfully crushed, and the author- 


ities dare not say, why isit sc? Martha cleaned the home, and prepared 
me a bed of clean grass, and I begun to feel God had blessed me with a 
home, and comfort. Martha labored for those of high blood, as she had a 
hand to do everything to please, and she earned enough to make us ‘com- 
fortable, and to spare. We continued to live here until Joseph’ came to us, 
and said, “I have finished my work here, for the present, and if Martha will 
go with me to our mountain home, I will prepare the way for her to return, 
as Mary i is so lonely without her. She answered, “How can I leave my 
brother?” “Martha,” I said, “I can care for myself. — Do go. and comfort 





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Mary, and if it please God, bring them back with you.” Then she prepa 
red bread, and I bade them farewell with an aching heart. Joseph seemed 
joyous, and Martha was cheerful, as they said, “God bless you, dear brother, 
and may the angels comfort you.” | 

There I remained until spring passed away, and summer was passed. 
There, silent and alone, I was asking God to reveal to me the destiny of my 
family, when the door was pushed gently open, and Martha entered with 
Mary’s boy, Jessie, in her arms. I said, “Holy God, my prayer has been 
answered; here is my sister, and here is this darling boy, Jessie.” I took 
him in my arms, and lay him down upon my bed. Then Martha told me 
all. Then she added, “As soon as he is rested, his leg must be taken off. 
that he can live to bless his family, and declare the living God.” “Amen,” 
I answered. “I will see it is done, as he is rested.” Day after day we de- 
layed, when at last Martha said, “Delay we can no longer, lest he dies.” 
And I prepared the way for it to be done. But, O, my heart beat when the 
rough confessor applied his knife, and the breath went out of my darling 
boy, and thus he lay, entirely breathless, until it was accomplished. After 
it was done, the confessor said, “He is dead, and if he is a heretic, it is no 
matter.” When Martha lay the silver in the confessor’s hand, he said, “I 
will go now, but he willdie.” I sat beside him, and bathed his forehead and 
his hands in cool water, and he soon raised his eyes to mine, and said, “Is he 
gone?” Ianswered, “He is gone, and Martha and I will care for you until 
your father comes. He will be here before the flowers bloom again, and 
you will be healed.” Day after day passed away, ere he was conscious of 
his leg being gone, but when he saw it was gone he burst into tears, and 
said, “Has God taken my leg away?” I said, “The leg had perished, and it 
had to be taken off, that you could live” He seemed satisfied, and soon 
fell asleep. 

During the winter I became more feeble, and spring brought strength, 
and I was more comfortable. I was told by the angel daughter of Leiah 
that Joseph and his family would come, and were even then on their way. 
She had remained with us from the time the leg was amputated, and direct- 
ed Martha in caring for the frail boy. One evening, as we were sitting be- 
side the fire, a gentle tap was heard at the door. Martha answered, “Come 
in,’ and Mary opened the door. Joseph and the two children entered. 
“Glory to God,” exclaimed Martha; “my beloved friends are here. Let 
us give God the glory.” “Amen,” said Joseph. “God is here.” They had 
hardly set down, before Jesus was controlled by Leiah, and said, “This body 
is to be borne into the midst of confusion. Pray for us, that we may come 
back free from harm.” I answered, “May God care for my dear boy, and 
hold him from death.” Then he breathed his own breath again, and _ said, 
“How dark it is where I have been, and there was a great deal of confusion 
in that darkness.” Then they ate, lie down and slept. But the next day, 


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as we sat at meat, Leiah folded Jesus to his bosom, and he darted away. 
We arose from the board, to look after him, yet he was no where to be seen.’ 
But ere we could learn anything from him, he was brought back to us again, 
after the absence of four hours. ‘The heathen feast had lasted four days, and’ 
they were drunken fiends, filled with the fires of hell, and Jésus had ‘been 
borne into the city, even into’ the Council Chamber, to give warning to” the 
rulers to close their gates, else they would all be destroyed. | Then he said, 
“Save, O, save the Hebrew families, that can be brought within your: gates, 
else they will surely be cut off.” ‘They heard the boy, and believed ‘him, 
and hundreds were saved, among the rest, my own dear triends. ‘When the | 
heathen had departed from Judea, we all sought our homes, outside the 
walls. But when we entered our home, grief filled every heart, as four 
dead damsels lay upon the floor, and they were children of light—Caldea’ 3 
blood—and when we saw who they were, Mary exclaimed, “They are ‘the 
daughters of my friend, and she, too, must be dead.” Then we called the 
magistrate, and they were borne away and buried. That night, after ‘the 
heathen found a part of the Hebrews had escaped them, their hate was dis- 
played in dragging about the children of Caldea and Judea, and as my home 
was desolate, they dragged in these helpless females, and held them there 
until they were dead; and they lay there two nights and one day, ere we 
returned. I must add, every year, when the heathens held their feast, the’ 
destruction was fearful among the Hebrews and Caldeans, as they were 
looked upon as a despised people, without home or country to call their own, 
and I, a poor Hebrew by birth, through Sodom’s borders, and from the 
house of Joseph, was an outcast among them. I dare not appeal to the 
Jews for redress of my wrongs, as they despised the Hebrews for their faith’ 
in God, and the Caldean’s for their disbelief in a Messiah. = 
Now I must go on. - Our home was cleansed, and a holy calm came over 
us for one year and a half, except when we had to flee again, when the hea- 
thens held their feast. Then Leiah controlled Jesus, and bore him into the 
synagogue, among the doctors and lawyers, under the control ‘of the’ angel 
bright that had blessed’ us all with knowledge. There he’ was held eight 
hours and a half. “They asked him questions concerning the | affairs of the 
kingdom. He gave his answers so clear, and prophetic, that they held their 
breath with astonishment. He declared to them that the heathen idolatrous 
worshippers would destroy their synagogue, and the Jews would be seatter- 
ed, and become wanderers on the earth. Then they counciled together, and 
said, “As he has knowledge of. our kingdom, can he not assist us in driving 
the heathen from Judea, that we may find rest here.” Jesus sprang to his feet, 
as if he had the strength of a man, as he shouted, “ Prepare ye the way ; make 
erooked ways straight; the kingdom of Jehovah God on earth's to be estab- 
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As he. raised his hands above his head, he. exclaimed, “ They that worship 
the Infinite, instead of man, and seek to obey the commands lain upon them: 
for humanity.”, Then he darted away, and. none knew whither he went. 
When he reached our home, he gave a gentle. rap, and fell across the, 
threshold. Mary raised him in her arms, and folded him to her bosom, as 
she said, “ They will destroy this body, but God will surely hold him in his 
own embrace forever. From this time we were compelled to keep him in 
our home, as the Jews sought for him, but found him not. And as the Jews 
had offered a price for him, to be brought before them, the angel Leiah came 
in our midst and said, ‘‘ We must flee into the mountains,” as there was a 
great commotion among the Jews, and he would not be safe to remain there 
longer’? Then we prepared the bread, and clothed the children. Joseph 
took Jessie, and we all set out, filled with fear of the Jews, as well as the 
heathens. - Day by day we journeyed along, but we made our way slow, as 
Iwas feeble and the children would get weary. After many days, we 
reached the hut of the aged Timothy; not, the Timothy described among 
Joseph’s ancestry, but his descendant.. We entered that home, and he bade 
us'welcome. There I was compelled to remain for days, until Joseph could 
leave his family and return for me. When I left the aged man, be bowed 
his head and breathed a prayer for that family he knew must die. Then I 
bade him farewell, and we reached Joseph’s home ere night obstructed onr 
way. ‘There was great rejoicing in that: home among the children, as they 
felt they were free from danger there. I) remained in that family, happy 
and contented, for years. 

But from time to time, Jesus would be borne away from us, and some- 
times he would be gone for weeks, and sometimes for months. Joseph con- 
tinued to go to the lowlands for labor, and as he returned to us one evening, 
he said he had bargained to build a house for the king Pontius Pilate, and 
was to begin as soon as he could bear his family back to Jerusalem. Jesus 
answered, “ You will go, Joseph, and this boy will be called to care for the 
king’s children, and the sooner you reach there the better.” We begun our 
journey the day following, and we reached Jerusalem weary and exhausted. 
Joseph began his building, and Pontius Pilate saw Jesus, and asked for him 
to care for his children. In that home, time passed away, and Jesus grew 
tobe aman. But from the time Jesus entered that home, we never saw 
him again until he returned to us, even as holy as he left us. And as he 
entered that humble home, the same angel bright walked by his side. She 
then breathed upon Jessie, and said, “I have brought him back to you, holy 
as he went away, but wiser, as his knowledge had been drawn from angels 
bright, and he has now the knowledge of the dark, benighted children, where 
fiends control instead of God; and you will soon be compelled to flee to the 
mountains, and a price will be set upon his head, as my Father Leiah will 
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Joseph soon came home, and said, “My work is done.” Jesus answered, 
“ Mine has but begun.” Day after day passed away, and we were so happy 


together. Joseph returned one evening, and said, “I can find nothing to’ 
Jesus breathed deep, and said, “There is no more work here for you, 


do.” 


Joseph, but you must take your family, even now, and begin your journey 


toward Helem. There you will find enough to do until I bring this body to. 


you. ‘There is to be a bursting forth of the fiends of darkness at Antioch, 


and I must bear this faithful child in their midst, and denounce them for © 


their fearful acts upon humanity. But fear not, I will bring him safe baek 


to you in your own happy home.” Then Joseph answered, “ God will care 


for us, and his angels will lead us aright, if we flee evil and seek good.” 
We begun our journey at early dawn, and continued on and on, anitil we 


reached our mountain home. There we remained two months, ere he came 
to us; but the holy ray of light came to us, day by day, in order we could 


be held free from care. But when he did come, he entered there when we 
were kneeling in prayer. Breathless he came, and knelt beside his mother ; 
and when I had ceased to pray, he breathed a prayer like this: “ Life of 


all life, and soul of all souls, I. will praise thee forever, as I have been held. 


from death, and being led back again to my beloved friends, I will give thee 
. all the glory.” Then Joseph answered, “Amen! Glory to God! My son 
has been brought back by God’s angel children. They are beside me even 
now.” At this time he remained at home one year and a half. Then he 
was taken away again. He was led, guided and directed by tbe angel 
daughter of Leiah, through the border country, until he reached the Dead 
Sea. Then he crossed the country on the-sea coast to a place called Gaza. 
There he declared God among a band of Hebrews that dwelt there. He 
healed their sick,,and then bade them adieu, and then went to Arimathea. 
There he was beset by heathen confessors, that sought to destroy him; but 
he was borne away in the night by his controller, and stopped not until he 
reached Lydia. There he dwelt, with a friend of Joseph’s, one month, bless- 
ing the people with light, healing the sick, declaring God, and his heart was 
filled with love for that people, as they were good, and asked for knowledge. 
Then he went to Damascus, leaving Jerusalem behind him, as he feared 
Caiphas’ spies. ‘They were ever watching for him. He entered the city of 
Damascus in the evening, and he was made te exclaim, “ FHell’s damned are 
here.” There the heathens were destroying Judea’s children, as well as the 
Hebrews. He asked the cause of so much commotion, and got for answer, 
“ There is one Suge, that is destroying all of the heretics, no matter what 
blood they are.” Then he shouted, “Holy God! stay Paul’s hand, ere he 
destroy all of God’s children in the land.” At that moment they heard a 
crash, and as they opened the door a battle-axe was laying there beside a 
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the’ wound, and it was healed. Fearful was the condition of the inhabit- 
ants in that part of the country, as none Knew where the slaughter would 
end: He left Damascus, and made his way across the country to Cana. 
There he remained four months.. Many were blest by him, but others 
scoffed at him. There he was controlled, denouncing hypocrisy and deceit, 
priesteraft und drunkenness. The priests heard of it, and they sought to 


lay hands upon him, but he was nowhere to be’ found. Then they seta 


price upon his head, like this: “An hundred scruples in silver shall be 
awarded to any one that will bring the head of the Hebrew Heretic at the 
cross roads before the Heathen Council.” 

Then he sought his mountain home, and we were blessed by his pres- 
ence, and the presence of the holy spirits that guarded his destiny. Months 
and years Jesus remained with us, except now and then he would leave us 
fora short time. At one time he brought home with him a poor, frail youth, 
that the heathens were seeking to destroy. His father was High Priest in 
Herod’s court, and when Pontias Pilate reigned in his stead, he retained his 
position. Herod believed in idolatrous worship, but Pontias Pilate, being 
born of a Princess from Caldea, and as the mother was taught, so she be- 
lieved and taught her boy her faith, as far as she dared to, surrounded as 
she was. And the king never forgot the admonitions of his mother, as he 
did know his father was a brute. And after he was anointed king, the High 
Priest controled the kingdom, and Pontias Pilate held the crown with tear 
and trembling. And it was by this king’s hand the youth had been saved, 
and he fled, not knowing whither. Jesus found him, desolate and alone, at 
the foot of the mountain, and brought him to his home. There I knelt, and 
asked God to hold the frail youth, until he could begin a work for homan- 
ity. There he remained until Leiah came, and breathed through Jesus, and 
said, “Go down the mountain, Jude, bearing toward Caldea. There you 
will find a faithful worker for humanity. Labor with him, and afier many 
days I will bring this body to you there. He obeyed the command, and I 
bade him farewell for the last time on earth. Jesus remained at home for 
months, but when he did leave that home, again, he left it forever. But 
ere he departed, his controller said, “After a time Joseph must take his fam- 
ily, and make his way to Tyre. There he will remain until I bring his son 
to him again, after many months.” When the time came, Jesus was borne 
away. ‘Then we lingered for a time, then bid farewell to the mountain 
home. When we had journeyed four days my strength gave way, and Mar- 
tha remained behind with me, and said, “If it please God, I will come to 
you, as soon as my brother is strong enough to bear the journey.” 

O, how my heart ached, when they bid us adieu. I looked after them 
until they were nearly out of sight, then I fell to the earth, unable to rise 
for hours. . While I lay there upon the ground, the future unveiled itself to 


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me, I saw that family destroyed, one’ bat one, natil: not.,one’ was . left, on » 
earth, and my breath went. out of me... But, when I could breathe, I told. 

Martha all... She wept until her daa was nearly. broken, and I ¢ould not. 
comfort her. And there we were compelled, ‘to remain for one year, in that) 
desolate country, but we procured food: from.a herdsman; about half a league, 
distant. As the weather became. fine, we started, again, and | reached the, 
country near Antioch, ,, There we remained for,a .time, until Jesus; came’ to.) 
us, with his followers, and. remained, all night. - Then'we'were compelled:to. 
flee, in the night, as the heathens had ‘seen them enter there. Wemade our: 
way across the country, as fast as we could, bearing toward Tyre, but» kept» 
along at. the foot of the mountains, and. through barren wastes, as the heathens. 
were in great commotion,’....Again, 1) fell sick, and: we were; compelled» to: 
build a home, by digging into. the side of the hill, and covering it: over) with: 
brush... Here we remained until Jesus. and!Simeon came ‘to us, when «they 

were fleeing to the mountains. ' After they left us; we remained) there six 

days yhinie but on the fourth/ eve Jesus.came to us alone. | a Elalsgie God, as-! 
sist me. My heart was broken then, and as'I look’ back, | it» bleeds. .anew. 


Holy son of my Mary, an outcast and a wanderer, hiding among ‘the crags’: 


and rocks of the mountains, for what? Because’ God has: endowed ‘him 
with knowledge others have not; and the priesthood fear that knowledge, and» 
they seek to destroy him, ere hée detlares’the fulness of 'God’s glory, or’ his: 
wondrous creations.! ‘There Jesus) folded Martha to his bosom, and they! 
both fainted, and fell’ to the floor’ ‘There I was entranced, but what was 
said, I know not. But Ido know, when I awoke, my dear Jesus was ‘goney 
and Martha was kneeling in prayers Then Martha said;“We are to go to 
Tyre, as soon as we can reach there, because Joseph’s family will all be de~ 
stroyed but Mary, and there will’be none to bid him come”?\ 9 1) 
. We began our journ*y that day, and reached ‘Tyre after eight days, shuld? 
we found the hut of oné Peter.: ‘They bade us welcome; and J remained: 
there until Martha could build us a home, near by, ‘and as soon’ as she had: 
prepared a bed of dried grass, she led me there. We had been’ there one! 
week, when I was entranced by the/Jewish seer Zadock. | There I was held,: 
in a deép entrancement, until all life seemed to have left mé, and: the body 
was prepared fur burial. Icould hear all, but move I could not, and )Ivex-: 
pected they would bury me, as I was, In the evening, a'boy “came. to’ the: 
door, and said, “There is aman‘ in‘our home, and he told’ me‘to ‘come here: 
and tell you God’s children are starving for bread.” Marthagave him some 
bread, and he went. away. «As I heard all, I feleit ‘was Jesus, 'and ‘how: I: 
longed to speak.’ Then a’half ‘hour must have passed away, when Jesus en 
tered there. Martha was ‘kneeling in’ prayer; when Jesus said; “Lazaras is 
not dead, but sleepeth.” ° Martha answered, “He is dead, and I have prepa- 
red him for burial.” Jesus stepped'to°whére I °was laying. ‘The napkin’ 


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was bound beneath my chin. He tore it off, and threw it upon the floor, 
He then lay his hand upon my, forehead, and.I felt the flesh cringe beneath 
his hand. Then he commanded me to arise, in the name of Jehovah God. 
In an instant my eyes were loosened, my breath came back, and my heart 
beat. He then shouted, “Arise, Lazarus; begin your work. Declare God 
‘and ‘his many mercies.” He then turned to Martha, and said, “Prepare hy- 
/sup, give it him’ warm; he is chilled all through.” He then left us, but in 
“less than half‘ an hour he enteréd that home again, and bore away a part of 
the hysup tea, that Martha had prepared for me. Martha could not leave 
‘me, although she knew Mary was  sufferi ing. ‘But ere morning dawned, 
Peter’s daughter came in, and said Jesus desires Martha to come to Levi's 
tent) on the hillside, and she would remain with me. Martha threw on her 
pres and stepped forth in the dark, hastened away to her bereaved sister. 
oa When the sun arose, Peter came in, and said, “I must bear you away to 
| it! tent, as the heathen are cutting down all of the Hebrews in the city, and 
‘in all of the country rotind about.” “He wrapped me in his own coat, and 
‘bore me in his arms, until we reached the foot of the hill, then I said, “Let 
mié down upon my feet, and T will try and walk.” “Then he led me up the 
hill. AS'I entered there, I fell down beside the two holy children of desti- 
ny. There I lay, until I was borne along, ona hide brought from Peter’s. 
‘Thus, day by day, I was borne along, until the eleventh day. But in the 
‘night God called me away, and I was blessed by the change. And now if 
humanity is willing to be blessed by the changes wrought by Almighty God 
‘since that fearful condition in the history of man, they may be blessed in- 
‘deed. Light, my Father God, light from thee, that I may read the destiny 
‘of coming ages. Freedom’s notes dre “everywhere vibrating upon the air. 
Angel’s are walking the earth; knowledge is diffused everywhere; souls 
are inspired to read the book of life. Then the wicked will no more hide 
by day, or seek to do evil by night. Then the infinite will be made manifest 
through his ‘creations. Then God will be acknowledged all in all, and his 
children a portion of himself.” And you, my daughter, will go down to your 
“grave, filled with love for humanity, but they can never know you. There 
we will leave you, in the hands of God, and his angel children. You have 
borne my burden, and I would bless you. ~~“ My work is done for all coming 
time, for the inhabitants of earth. Farewell. I am the poor, frail man 
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CHAPTER XVIII. 


PETER’S DECLARATION AS Ir WAS. ae 


I was born in Selucia. My father was a, hesflinw hendanap, I was his 
first born. _ 1 grew to manhood, believing in idols, having. been. taught that 
doctrine from, my earliest recollection. Having eight. brothers, I was not 
needed to care for the flocks and herds, and I became a fisherman. My 
father assisted me in building a boat, large enough to hold three of. us;, when 
we chose to go together, and all of the fish we should catch in the stream inja 
day. I took to myself a companion, and God gave us seven children. I caught 
fish, and exchanged them with the inhabitants for barley meal, camel’s hair, 
and goats hides, in order my family could be clothed and fed.. My family 
grew, and I was compelled to go to Joppa, that my eldest children could. get 
employment, and help care for the rest. There I built a boat, and fished 
along the shore of the sea, until I felt my family would die, as “there. was 
nothing fer them to do, and I could not exchange my fish. for, barley ’ meal. 
I then journeyed across the country to Jericho.. There I remained until I 
was compelled to flee the country, being accused of heresy. I sought the 
rivcr Jordan, and launched my frail bark, bearing away | my. family. tova 
country called Bethsheba. There I heard, by a heathen, that there was a 
Hebrew man healing the sick through Judea’s border, by - knowledge none 
had but himself, and he was not more than two day’s journey from there. I 
answered, “May he come to the humble fisherman, and I will do all I can for 
him.” He looked at me sternly, as he said, “He is going to be beheaded, 
and you will be denounced as a heretic, if you dare assist him.” From that 
four days passed away, and I was watching every passer by, when I saw a 
frail man coming directly toward me. I accosted. him in heathen dialect. 
He answered in Hebrew. I then said to him, in his own tongue, “Come 
in.” He entered my little hut, and I begun to: ask if he had heard anything 
of a Hebrew, that had been healing Judea’s peeple,, by a law no, one could 


comprehend. He smiled, as he answered, “God’s law controls disease, as. 


well as his mighty creations, and if we live in accordance with the law, we 
shall be blessed by the law.” I saw.a ray of light beside him... His eyes 
closed, and begun, “Holy, Creator God, holds. his own created. by the law that 
created them, through conditions that are brought in contact with his cre- 
ated... Listen, brother, God’s created are caused to feel that this man has 
more knowledge than they can comprehend, and they seek to destroy him 
because they fear light. ‘They will destroy this body, but the inner man 
will be borne away, to a higher condition. There he will remain until God 
can free a portion of this earth, then he will be brought back again, and you, 
Peter, will be beside him, and you will remain there until God is acknowl- 


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edged, and his angel children are recognized by earth’s inhabitants. There 
‘you will remain until your earth labor is done, then you will be borne back 


to your own family, and there find rest.” I asked, “Cannot I fini-h all there 
is for me to do, in this body?” He answered, “God’s command must. be 


obeyed, and you brother will be called upon to leave your home, and follow 


him, until he is hung upon the cross.” I said, ‘When shall I be called ?” 
He answered, ‘When the hour comes, all will be made plain.” - He then 
called my family around him, as he stood in the centre of the room, then 
raised his hands above his head, and called on the living God to hold my 
family from heathen deception, and lead them to the kncwledge of the trath. 
Even while he prayed, my eldest daughter was entranced, and shouted, 
“Glory to God, the humble can have a home, not made with hands, eternal 
in the heavens.” Then she fulded her arms around Jesus, and said, “Broth- 
er, God is here. Let us hold him before us, in all we do.” Then Jesus re- 
plied, “Angel sister, I am made to feel that I am blessed above men, by 
God giving me a heart that beats for all good, whether it be in a hut, or in 
high places, and above all, that he leaves you beside me, to lead and guide 
me on.” “Wait here, dear brother,” she said, “until you are rested, then I 
will lead you to a den of darkness, that the poor benighted souls may re- 
ceive light” Jesus remained wiih me, at that time, two days and two 
nights, Then he knelt and prayed, ere he bade us farewell. But when he 
turned to go away, I said, “Can I not go with you, in this hour?” “No,” 
he answered, “but I will come to you again, ere you begin your work. _ God 
bless you, Peter,” he said, “I am going among the Sodomites. Pray for 
me.” When he had gone my heart ached, as it never ached before. 

i. I heard in after time he wrought a good work among cMildren of dark- 
ness. ‘The heathen feared him, until they saw his good works. ‘Then they 
feared the priesthood. There being a drought in that country, I was com- 
pelled to go with my family, bearing northward, to a country called Niabak, 
in heathen dialect. There I lived, and caught fish in the Jordan. Many 
years passed away ere I saw the holy face of the humble brother again, 
When he came to my home again, I was drunk. God forgive me. I make 
the acknowledgment before humanity, and pray to be forgiven by them. 
And from that time, I never tasted strong drink, but once, as long as I lived. 
He remained with us that night. From that time I never saw him again 
until he assisted me when I had been tossed in my frail bark upon the river. 
when I thought I should be drowned. After he had assisted me from the 
boat, that had been tossed upon the shore by the waves, he said to me, “God 
has saved you from death, Peter; now save yourself from drunkenness.” 


- There I stood, with his arm around me, to keep me from falling. As he 


raised my bottle before me, and said, “ Look, Peter, God has dashed your 
boat, and I will dash your bottle.” Then he threw it into the waves, and I 
heard it dash against a rock. Then I looked for my boat, and it was dashed 


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to pieces upon the rocks. The rain fell fearfully, and the tides! shook 
the earth around me. Night was covering earth with her dark mantle, and 
there I sat until the tempest subsided. The winds © blew, and T felt God 
had cursed me for my drunkenness. ‘There I knelt, ere I dare attempt’ to 
rise to my feet, and made a vow to Almighty God, that I would serve. him 


as long as I walked in mortal form. From that time 1: saw the Nazarene 


no more until site he came di from the Beeline and’ I met him i in my 
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own home. 
» After that night I made my vow, I ever felt it was bade by’ an an- 


gel’s hand, and must not be broken ; and I. took my family and went to the 
country near Tyre. Then I left my home and followed him, until he hung 
upon; the cross... And I am blest by saying I did all I could to relieve him 
and his mother from suffering. Heathen records declare that I denied him, 
but how could that be, when I was by his side, when he entered the city of 
Jerusalem, and could have laid my hand upon the magistrate when he as- 
sisted him from the ass, and, met him at.the door when he came out of the 
~ council chamber. And I followed him to the hill, where he was hung upon 
the cross.. I. was beheaded by a battle axe in the hands of an anointed 
priest, and after all, I am accused of denying my holy Brother Jesus inthe 
face of many. But I deny it. in the face of God’s children here on earth, 
and in the brighter worlds beyond. There I hope ere long to be blest, with 
my family, as well as the faithful, brothers thatlay down all they had, their 
lives, to establish truths, revealed through God’s angel children, of life 
eternal, and the mercies of a living God that endure forever. 

And now farewell, angels of light, that have assisted me in finishing « up 
my work for humanity, by denying the false accusation that has been brought 
against me for ages. And uow, O.child of destiny, I am called upon to leave 
you here in an earthy body, and may the angels direct your steps aright i in 
laying down facts, bereft of fiction, while I go and prepare a home for you, 
when your work is ended, where the hardened of heart cannot reach you, 
with curses for denouncing the hypocrite in high places, and defending the 
downtrodden, that is honest of purpose. Fresh fountains: of life will gush 
up around thy pathway, daughter, for assisting the poor, fisherman in freeing 
_ himself from the foul stigma of denying his beloved. brother in his hour of 
agony. And for what? It has been said, a, few pieces of silver. And I 
must add, Humanity, 1am ashamed of you, for your lack of faith § in God, 
and your ignorance of the people that inhabited earth but eighteen hundred 
years ago. Are you, O ye inhabitants of earth, are you all to be forgotten 
in that short period of time, and are you to. leave nothing behind to declare 
you have lived?.. God’s holy angel holds a garment, to clothe you in, and 
breathe life into the memory of the past, through inspiration, if you live 
aright, blessing humanity, and giving God the glory. ) 

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harm while she walks the earth in mortal form. And O, ye angels, assist in 
preparing a home for the faithful that have assisted in freeing me from the 
false accusation of denying him that hung upon the cross. 

Dictated by myself, Peter, the humble fisherman. 

Remarxs.— How can we bless man more than to free him from a foul 
stigma that has been heaped upon him without a canse? Answer, reader, 
and Jet your acts proclaim you a holy liberator.— Stephen Girard. 


CHAPTER XIX. 
SIMON, THE BROTHER OF PETER AND ANDREW. 


We were all reared ainong the herdsmen... I am Simon, the fifth born of 


Mihaak... He was of Armenian blood, and my mother was Caldea’s daughter. 


My father blessed his family by his honesty and correct dealings with man. 


-His greatest desire was that his eight boys should grow up truthful. As he 


used to say, “If my boys are truthful, it, will be an inheritance that will en- 
dure forever.” .Reared in hardship and coarse fare, we grew up capable of 
great endurance. But misfortunes did come. My father was away from 
home. Peter had gone to the border country. Another brother, next to 
Pzter, with two of the younger, had gone to Babylonia with cattle, which 
they did every year. Iwas left at home, with the two youngest, to care 
for the cattle in the highlands. When I left home at early dawn, my 
mother said,’ “ Hasten home early. It will be lonely here, with none but 
this little lad.” I answered, “I will hasten home.” I did hasten home, but 
Ifound my mother dead on her bed, and my little brother dead at the door, 
Then I made an oath, if God would spare my life, it shoula be dedicated to 
the extermination of the heathen brutes in priestly robes, as a neighbor 
herdsman had seen eight priests enter our home in the afternoon. Night 
closed in upon us, and we were alone with our dead mother and brother. 
Father came home in the evening, and his despair knew no bounds. He 
tled that home, and fled it forever. From that time, we had no home, and 
my father died in the mountains. I fled from the herds, hardly knowing 
what course to take. As night closed in, I found myself nearing a city. . It 
was called Sora. Here I was called to feel all the bitterness of a boy with- 
out friends or home. T sat down by a great building called the Mosleum. 
As. I sat there, an aged man drew near. I asked him concerning the ex- 
citement among the people. He answered, “There is a heretic in the city, 


and he is holding forth on the square.” As I had lived in the highlands,.I 
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had known nothing of the commotion. in the lowlands. I arose io my feet, 
and held my way to the square. There I beheld John. He was covered 
with a camel’s hair cloak, but his garments beneath were but rags., 1 drew 
near him, and he exclaimed, “ God has brought you. here, brothers There 
is to be a work for you to do. Come here.” All of bis followers answered, 
“Glory to God. Another has come to assist us. Let us begin our work 
even now.” ‘Then we all drew away from the, multitude, and went upon a 
green slope, away from the city. There I met my brother Andrew and the 
two younger brothers that went away with him. He did not feel it was 
best for the younger cnes to continue with us; but they could go to a brother 
of my mother, aud remain there. | 

Here we prepared for a journey toward Antioch at early dawn. But 
ere we started, we knelt and prayed for God to direct us; and ere we rose 
to our feet,.a holy breath was upon my brow, and a life diffused itself into 
mine own, that I had never felt before, and I shouted, “ Hasten away ere it, 
is too late. Bear on toward Chaledon. My brother Jesus will call for help, 
and how can he receive it but through the faithful and true, God’s own 
chosen children ?” John answered, “ Hail, thou angel of light! Lead us to q 
our brother, and we will lay down all for humanity, that they may behold, 
thee as thou art, their father, God.” And then we all arose to our feet. 
Then John said, “ Dear sister, draw near, and lead us onward.” All in an 
instant, a mighty electric shock went over us, and an echo came back, to 
“Hasten! O hasten away, else it be too late.” We did speed op many a 
league that day, and when night closed in upon us, we entered a herdsman’s 
hut, where we lay down and slept. There God’s angels hovered around ‘us, 
as we knelt in prayer. Thus we continued from day to day to hasten for- 
ward, sometimes finding a shelter, but oftener finding no covering but the 
ether blue, and days with nothing to eat. At last we reached Chaledon, and 
in that holy abode of angels, I looked upon the holiest thing that ever in- 
habited a human form. TI said to Jude, “Is he a mortal, or is he a spirit ?” 
His face was like chiseled marble, with rays of light all around him. And 
when he knelt in prayer, my breatn went out of me, and I fell back, and I 
saw him that was kneeling in prayer hanging upon the cross, and all the 
rest being destroyed, some in one way, and some in another. And I even 
saw myself hanging upon the gallows, with my brother Andrew and two — 
others. ae , 

In the morning, we started for Antioch, where we healed the sick, and 
declared God’s presence, and the presence of his angel children. We re- 
mained there until the day following; but as the sun was going down, a 





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great commotion commenced among the Hebrews, and we were forced to 7 
flee the city, and we made our way toward the city of ‘Jerusalem ; but ere : 
we reached there, we were met by a multitude, and among them there were ‘ 

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coming. They bring us glad ndings of homes that are beyond, where the 
taskmaster can no longer bind us.’ We will follow the light, until we find 
rest in this home.” Many felt a holy calm come over them, while others 
were restless. There the multitude was held, through the holy influences 
that controlled Jesus, until his life nearly went out with the influence, and 
he fell to the earth, a poor, helpless thing. That night we lay down upon 
the greensward and slept, and it was the last sleep I ever knew earthy. The 
next day we entered through the gates into the city. And as we passed ~ 
along, many accosted us thus: “ Heal, \) heal us, lest we die.” . I lay hands 
upon a poor female that was bowed down with a contraction of the cords 
and as my hands were reached out toward her, God’s. child filled me full of 
her own life, are said, “ Arise, O woman, and go and declare what God has 
_done for you.” She stood erect, and walked away, declaring God’s power 
was upon. her. Here they gathered trom all directions. We healed from 
d morn until night, and no one said, “ Come and eat.” Faint and exhausted, 
“as night began to fill earth, with its darkness, I was caught and dragged 
away by my hair. Then my vision was fulfilled, and I was hung upon the 
gallows, and my body was left there until midday following. And here I 
Must answer to the human family, that ages on ages passed away after my 
“spirit w was borne away from earth, ere I returned again here on earth, in 
order I could give my testimony concerning the humble man Jesus, and his 
faithful followers, that laid down all they had that man could be held from 
the heathen devices that man follows to-day. But. the future will declare 
God’s wonders, and those mighty changes will be sealed with blood,.and 
human sacrifices will be offered up, until humanity will say, with one accord, 
“ Thou art. my Father and my God, and thy laws I will obey.” | Farewell, 
holy child of God; I shall meet you ere long where priestcraft cannot, chain 
God’s rays of light that fall around. you, even here; and there the cold- 
hearted cannot crush you. Fifty-seven years I have been beside you, and I 
long to bear you beyond. I shall meet you there. God grant my earnest 
prayer, as that is the fulfilling of all of my desires that can bless me on this 
earthly ball. Adieu! adieu! I must go on to prepare, as many are coming 
home ere another spring shall bedeck earth with the beautiful flowers that 
will fill the air with their sweet aroma. A home for the heretics of the 
present must be set in order. 
I am Simon, the herdsman’s son. Farewell! * 


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I was a Caldean. My father was a herdsman, and he had eight boys. 
I was the fourth one. I was herding my cattle on the hillside, and as the 
sun was going down, as it was a custom among the herdsmen to leave their 
cattle secure, and go home for the night; and as I had got. ready. to. start for 
my home, I espied a lad coming toward me. His face and ‘arias were bare, 
but fearfully buined by the hot rays of the sun. “Come here, Tittle boy.” I 
said. “Have: you got lost 2” he answered. “God loses none of his children, 
but, in his own due time, he calls them ‘all home.” He’ answered, . “My 
home is where God’s children are, while IT walk the earth. “But when ‘Goa 
calls me away, I have a home beyond.” Then I said, “Have you a home 
for to-night?” He said, “Can I go home with you, and sleep i in your 
home? If you will let me, I will go away at early dawn.” “T said, “Come, 
boy, let me take hold of your hand, you seem go tired.” He lay his band in 
mine, and we went down into the valley together. When we “Yeached our 
home, my mother’ said, “Where did you get that poor little frail boy? ie “Wnd 
he is all burned with the hot sun; he must be bathed in'cool milk and wa- 
ter.” I then said, “Boy,:are you not hungry?” He’ answered, «f° am 
hungry, as I have had nothing’ to eat since day before yesterday.” "Phen 
my mother gave him some bread and milk. But’ ere’ he tasted, he knelt 
down and prayed. Then he arose to his feet, and’ ‘said, a will eat my bread 
and milk. Then, if you would let me lay down and test, Tait so tired. 
After he had eaten, my mother bathed’ him all over. with ‘milk! and ‘water ; 
then she laid him down on‘a fresh hide,’ and he fell asleep. | In'the evening, 
when my father came home, he saw the boy laying there, and he looked” at 
me and said, “What beggar have you been bringing howe?” He then’ ad- 
ded, oy family are more than I can’ take care of, without” bringing in’ ‘beg- 
gars.” He said no more, but early in the morning ‘the boy’ arose, and pre- 
pared to goaway. Even my father had not arose from his bed, but ‘he was 
awake. But as the boy was going out, ty father éalled to him, and ' said, 
“How is it, boy, you are going around the country? Have you no home?” 
He answered, “My home is in a brighter world beyond, and I long to go 
there.” Then he said, “I have a father and a mother, but they are poor, and 
my father is a carpenter.” “What is your father’s name?’ said my father. 
“Joseph,” he answered, “and Mary is my mother.” ‘Are they Hebrews?” 
he said. The boy answered, “My father is a Hebrew, and my mother’s 


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blood is from Holland, through Sodom’s border.” “Then,” said my father, 
“if you have a father and mother, you had better’ be at home with them, 
than to go around the country, half starved, and getting all burned up, as 
you are now.” ‘Then the boy answered, ‘‘My God calls, I must obey, and 
if death falls upon me, he will bear me away.” Then my father said, “He 
is a poor, sickly thing. Here, wife, give him a piece of bread, that he may 
not starve to death, and I would like to know, boy, what is your name.” 
He answered, “My name is Jesus. I was named for my grandfather—Ma- 
ry’s father.” Then, as he turned away, he said, “God bless you, boy; this 
bread will keep me two or three days.” 

| How my heart beat, when he reached out hishand to me. A holy feel- 
ing fell over me, and I could not help shedding tears, and I said, “Stop one 
moment, boy.” I went to my mother, and asked her if there was not a 
buckskin shirt she could give the boy. She said, “I have one that Peter left 
at home, the last time he was here.” She brought it forward, and I assisted 
him to put iton. He then said, “Farewell, God’s children all. | I shall see 
you again, brother, after many days, but your mother will be destroyed by 
the dark heathens, good as she is.” He then went away, and I did not see 
him again for twenty-two years and four months. But from time to time I 
heard from him. He was seen sometimes in Antioch, Cana, Bethpage, 
Shina and Jerusalem, and all along the border country. And again, and 
again, a price was set upon his head, but no one could find him. But in af- 
ter time another heretic came to Caldea, and his name was John, but when 
I drew near him I felt the same holy calm fall over me, that I felt in the 
presence of the boy, Jesus. I followed him from place to place, until I felt 
I could not live without him. | And when John fled Caldea, I followed him, 
and when we reached Chaledon, there I looked upon the holy ang+l again, 
but he was aman. I folded my arms around him, and did not leave him 
again, until we entered Jerusalem. There I, with three others, was dragged 
away and hung, while the rest of the fo'lowers of John and Jesus fled. If IT 
had not attempted to have held Jude from his father, Criphas, I, too, cou!d 
have had a chance to have got away, but as it was designed, so it was ful- 
filled, and all I can say is, God doeth all things well. Holy, Infinite, Father 
God, I will declare thy glory here, hereafter, and forever. God bl-ss you, 
dear friend, for inscribing for me, that whick I have borne along for this day, 
and this hour. I am now going to my friends. They have long been call- 
ing for me, but I could not go until my work was done here, for this age. 
Come to me, dear sister, when your work is done, that will surely free mil- 
lions of human souls. A place will be prepared for you—a holy place of 
rest. Now farewell! Farewell! Iam Andrew, the herdsman. 


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9 CHAPTER XXE 0 ie 
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THE HISTORY OF MARY MAGDALEN, THE POOR, achiah 


SCARLET WOMAN OF ANTIOCH, 


ig ill 20th, 1870. 


Here I am before you, Holy revelator, filled with fear and trembling, Jest 
I should be driven away. Yet, frail as I am, I trust God has cleansed me, 
and forgiven my many sins, Hurled, as I was, into the jaws ‘of darkness, 
through my ignorance of the inhabitants of the age in which | I lived. The 


deed I was one of the children of destiny. © 


Early in life I lost my father, and I being all they had, my mother felt | 
she could care for me, by preparing bread for travelers, that used to journey . 


from city to city, in caravans. One day there came one to our home, and 


asked my mother if he could have bread there for a few days. My mother : 


answered, “I do not prepare beds for phe pele but as you are so feeble, it 


would not be well for you to go away.” JI was then about fifteen, He was. 
of high blood, from the council of the court, in Jerusalem. He looked upon . 
me with favor, and I thought him the most holy man I had ever looked Upon. - 
Many days passed away, and he lingered still. My mother saw he was 
suffering from some cause, she could not comprehend. At last she said to. 
him, “Had you not peter go to your people, as this is a desolate spot, unbe- 
fitting one like you.” “How I wish I could stay here forever,” he replied; < 


“as I know my doom, as soon as I reach the court. My father is determin- 


ed I shall marry one of the courtier’ s daughters, but I cannot, liye, and be 


compelled to live with that woman, as my companion. But | give, 0. give, 


me your daughter, and I will bless her.” oar tt | said my, mother ;. “she is 


all I have, and she must remain with me.” 
That day a messenger arrived from his father, demanding his immediate 


presence. He turned to my mother, and said, “If I could delay the mar- 
riage until the courtier is dead, I should be free, as he has a demand upon , 
my father, and he claims me for his daughter. But if I am freed, can I. 


have your faekier d in marriage ?” My mother answered, “If it please. God, 
she shall be yours.” Then he bowed to my mother, and said, “God bless 
you, woman.” ‘Then he turned to me, and reached out his hand, and I lay 
my palm in his. He groaned in despair, while I wept in agony. He then 
let fall my hand, and hastened away. But after he was gone, I felt as if I 
could not live and not see him again. I knew he was to be married in An- 
tioch, and’ remain there for a time. ‘Two days passed away, and I was de- 


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fore, unbeknown to my mother, I fled my home, and bore away my. best 
garments. I believed, if I could reach Antioch, I should look upon him, 
and then I would hasten home again. I reached the city in the after part 
of the day, but I saw nothing of him. I saw night was approaching, and 
fear fell upon me. I dare not leave the city, and none bade me come. As 
I went from lane to lane, and street to street, Isaw the lights were being 
extinguished. I saw a female about to enter a humble home. I asked her 
if I could go in with her, feeling if she was humble, she must be good. 
She said, “Come in.” But when the door was closed, I saw four anointed 
priests sitting at the board, drinking strong drink. One of them said, “Come, 
damsel, have a cup of strong drink, it will do you good.” Iturned away, 
and burst into tears. After a time, he arose from the board, and took hold 
of my arm, as he said, “You are mine for to-night.” I said, “I would go to 
my mother. I will go, even now. Go away from the city, that 1 may flee 
from here.” But my entreaties were of no avail, and he dragged me into 
another apartment. There he kept me until the day following. When he 
went away, he said, “Stay here and I will return at nightfall”’ But as soon 
as he was gone, I fled that den of shame. 
None can comprehend the despair that settled upon me. When night 
eame on I hid beneath the ferns, but when the day dawned, I crept out, 
and made my way to a humble cot, and asked for a piece of bread. The 
poor woman answered, “Bread I have none; meal I have none; naught but 
a few kernels of corn, and I will give you a handful.” I took. the corn and 
turned away from that door, not knowing where to go. At that time there 
was a great disturbance among all of the inhabitants, concerning a. man that 
came in their midst, declaring to them all, that they were filled with dark- 
ness, and nothing but the knowledge of God could free them. | I listened, 
but I dare not give answer, feeling I was doomed to die, and die in dark- 
ness. I had been made to feel I was diseased, and in that desolate condi- 
tion I was crushed, as there was none to come to me, and save me. Two 
days more passed away. I was nearly famished, and I went by the wayside, 
and sat there all the day, hoping some one would give me alms. Night 
came, and J sat there still. There I was, bowed in grief, and I sank down 
upon the ground, unable to rise. Soon I heard voices, and they drew near. 
One of them exclaimed, “Here is a damsel; she will comfort us.” I raised 
my head, and there stood eighteen confessors. One ‘said, “Come, damsel, 
getup.” Isaid, “Iam unable to rise Jam dying with hunger and: dis- 
ease. Go away, and let me die alone.” | They, laughing, said, “She thinks 
to frighten us away. Come, damsel, drink this; it will do you good,” at 
the same time holding before mea cup of strong drink. I turned away, 
then he said, “You must drink, or we shall compel you.” =I seized the cup, 
and drank it all, then I fell back, and knew no more, until morning began to 


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dawn. I seemed to awake, as from death, and as I looked cround, I flt to. 
exclaim, “Am I among the living, or am I.among the dead?” No. answer. 
came to me, but I saw I was in a strange place. | I attempted to rise, but 1. 
fell back again. A little way from me lay four confessors, so drunk they did. 
not awake. I then crept away, beneath a hedge, and [ was in the main > 
road. There I'sat, unable to rise. There I sat, hoping death would come’ 
to my relief. I heard some one coming, and a’ poor, Hebrew approached . 
me, As he stooped and raised me up, he said, “The heathen brutes have 
crushed the fairest flower in Antioch, and God’s own hand will crush them 
to atoms.” Then he led me to his own home, where I realained fon rept 
There I got strength, but was not healed. i eo @ aeel feeoaah 
One day I was sitting beside the door... I saw a band of pt ie 
ing. All bore along a club in one hand, and a stone in’ the other... I felt 
they were coming to destroy me. I fled them; how I never knew. I stop- 
ped not, nor did I linger, until I had fled at least a league and a half. Then) 
Iespied a Hebrew hut, and drew near, but ere I entered there, I saw a. 
humble man, dressed in rags.. He accosted me, thus, “Woman, how isit you, 
are bowed down, and youth still upon you?” J answered, “I am doomed 'to 


die by that band of confessors. They have all been diseased by me.” He | 


asked, “How is it you became diseased ?”.’ I answered, “An anointed priest 
came to me, in a den of shame, where I sought shelter, and he diseased me. 
But that band of conlessors dragged me away, against my will, and all be- 
came diseased. I sought to hold myself away from them, but they dragged: 
me away, 1 knew not where. You being a Hebrew, they will demand of 
you my death, at their hands” As they drew near, he conversed with 
them for a time, then he shouted, “Holy, Almighty God, decide between. 
these brutes in mortal form, and this poor, deluded, crushed flower, in Ja- 
cob’s blood.” ‘Then he said, ‘Daughter of holy blood, stand you apart from 
all. Man hasdamned you, but God, never.’ Let God decide between you.” 


Then he said, “Come you, that is without sin, let him east the first stone. 


But if any raise his arm, that has wronged any, God will not hold him 
guiltless of this murder.” At that moment my breath fled me, and I knew 
no more, until an aged woman knelt beside me, and was bathing my head 
with cold water. ‘There I remained until the sun was passing out of sight, 
then the aged woman said I had better go away, lest harm should befall her 
friends, that would return at night, if they were not cut off.’ I asked ‘her 
who that holy man was, that saved my life. She answered; “It is the first 
born of my cousin Mary, and he has a price set upon his head, and his name 
is Jesus.” He 

Then I bade her adieu, and made my way. among the edores that had 
encamped in the valley below. I learned by them that that man was to be 
crucified, but it had been decided by the council that he should ‘be chained, 








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and. scourged, first, that all should see what the doom of a deceiver would 
be, if they sought to deceive the people... I) heard no more of him, for a 
time, bat I felt to leave the country, where my life was sought for. Day 
after day I journeyed along, hardly knowing where, until! I reached Tyre 

As I was wandering about, I came to a Hebrew’s hut, where one Peter 
dwelt. In the evening Peter came in, and said, “Simeon came down from 
the mountains, to get bread for his brother, and ‘the priests destroyed him, 
and. Mary fell sick, as. the grief was more than’ she could bear, and she is 
dangerously ill, in a kennel, where the confessors kept their dogs. I. dared 
not go to her, but a heathen lad told me all, and he added, ‘they are all 
going to be killed. They have put Joseph in a cave, and covered it o’er, 
and they have bound him, so he cannot get up, and the big man, the one 
next: to him, that has hid in the mountains, they have beat to death with 
stones and clubs, and there is one that is away, and he will be caught, as 
soon as he comes to look for his family,’ this being the eleventh day after 


_ Jesus lefi his home in Tyre.” I being too feeble to search for the Hebrew 


woman, there I remained, with Peter’s family, for many days. As I was 
sitting by the fire, it being chill winter, the light was lit, and the children 
were huddled together to keep themselves warm, there came a gentle rap at 
the door, and Peier’s wife bade them come in. ‘The door swung back, and 
a female stood before us, almost entirely bereft of clothing. She had about 
her waist an old coat, and nothing more. | She tottered along, and knelt be- 
side the children, and raised her hand, and said, “Children, we have brought 
this poor, frail body here, that you may cdre for her, until her son comes: 
down from the mountains, then we will bear her away from here, and, you 
will be troubled with her no more, at present.” Then she added, ‘I. will 
now return to my brother, that is dying for food, and you, frail daughter of 
destiny, will come and bring him food, and I will guide you to him.” Then 
the influence left that poor, sick body. She sat down, unable to rise. Then 
Peter came in, and exclaimed, “God has brought you. here, OQ woman, that 
you may live until Jesus comes down from the mountains. | Mary, dear 
Mary,” he said, “the hand of God is upon ‘you. Joseph is buried alive; 
James is beaten to death; Simeon is beheaded; they have caught Jessie, 
and are going to feed him to the wild beasts, yonder, as I was told by the 
keeper. When I asked him what made them so restless, ‘No food have 
they had for one day and a half, but to-morrow they will be fed with the 
heretic. ‘Spare, O spare him,’ I said, but his answer was, ‘it is the order 
of the priesthood, and I must obey,’ and I could hear no more, and hastened 
away. But here is the poor mother. God has bereft her of reason, that she 
may live until Jesus comes down from the mountains.” Then he lay his 
hand in that of Mary’s, and she looked up so calm, but brokenhearted, as she 
said, “God doeth all things well. Joseph will come home, by and by, and 


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and he will bring us barley meal enough, and to spare. But who will carry | 


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bread to my dear Jesus, that is starving, now Simeon is dead?” 


Here Peter burst into tears, and wept until he could weep no longer. 
Then he said, “I will have bread for this woman, and my starving children, 
if I beg for it.” Then he left that home, and did not return until the next 
day. But when he returned, he had a bag of meal, and a piece of dried’ 
beef. His wife asked him where he got it. He answered, “God directed, 
and my brother gave it me.” Then gruel was prepared for the family, and’ 


Mary drank freely.. The sun was rising higher, and still higher, and I was 
directed to say, “Prepare, O, prepare the bread; let me haste away.” The 
bread was prepared, aud before I could begin my journey, Mary had fled us, 
and none knew whither. But the rumor spread from house to house, that 
the Hebrew heretic had been devoured by wild beasts. I did not wait ‘to 


hear any more, but I wrapped my cloak around me, starting, not oe 


how, to find him.~ I sought, that he could be held from death. : 
As the night settled around me, my heart beat heavy, and I asked God 
to direct me. ‘Then a ray of light fell around me, and I heard a clear voice 


say, “Hasten, O, hasten, ere it be too late.” “Lead, O, lead me,” I said,” 


“that I may find him, ere he dies. He held me from death, when I was to 


be beaten down by those heathen anointed confessors.” She answered, “He 
will die, unless you reach yon cliff, ere the moon sinks: behind the hill - 
Reach there, and rest until day dawns again, then I will come to you, and 


guide you on.” That light left me, and another power came to me, which 
seemed to bear me along, as upon the breeze. When: I had reached the 
high cliff, my breath was gone, and I sat down and rested until day dawned. 
But even when the stars had not ceased to. shine, wentonmy way. High- 
er, and still higher, 1 was borne, until I was entirely exhausted. Then I 
sat Gown upon a shelving rock, knowing full well I could go no further, un- 
less I had help from the power that bore me there. But I called, and got 
no answer. There I sat, bowed down with disease and grief. Again call- 
ed, and listened. I heard a deep groan, as if wafted on the breezes, and it 
gave me hope. I then arose to my feet, and climbed down the rock, into a 


ravine. There I saw that holy man, lying on the ground, and I gave an-. 


swer, “Holy God, he is dead.” I flew to him, and lay my hand upon _ his 
back, and I felt his heart beat. Then I raised him up, and bore him. back, 
and lay him down‘beneath the shelving rock, upon some boughs ‘and leaves, 
where he had lain for days... Then I took his cap, and brought water from 
the spring below, and held it to his lips, and bathed his head. . His’ breath 
came deep, and he said, “Prepare some bread; he is dying for food.” Igave 
him some, but he ate but.a few crumbs, then he lay back, and ‘fell asleep. 
There I sat all the rest of that day and hight. But. in the morning ‘his 
breath came deep, and said, “Daughter, you -will die, and Jesus -will die, 








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but his work is not yet done, and you have not yet declared God in the 


| _ face of the heathens. I brought you here, daughter, and I) will bear you 


down again. You know me not, but my name is Lubarth, the father of 
Abraham, and my blood runs through Judea’s and Caldea’s children, and I 
watch God's changes, as I do know through that blood, earth’s benighted 
children are to be freed from bondage, and’ then the children of darkness 
will'ask how it is they are not freed also. Then the answer will come to 
them, ‘Free yourselves from priestcraft, then you are free indeed” But 
ages on ages must pass away, daughter, ere God can free his children, that 
have the light, from the oppressién of his created in darkness.” Then he 
awoke, and said, “I am feeble.» Who can heal a bruised spirit ?” 

I then forgot all, but I was afterwards told, that God’s child breathed 
her life into my life, and spoke words of comfort to the ‘bruised spirit of that 
frail man. When I awoke, I said, “I will bring you water. Eat some 
bread. I will go back into the heathen fires, and declare God and his chil- 
dren. Ican but die.” He said, “I may get strong enough to go a part of the 
way with you, in the afterpart of the day.” LI answered, “No; stay where 
you are. I will come here once more, ere you go down for the last time, 
and are hung upon the cross.” I saw he shook all over, but he gave no an- 
swer. I then left him, and was borne down, even as I had climbed the 
mountain, not knowing how. When I reached the lowlands, I dared not en~ 
ter the eity, as I heard by a beggar, that the heathens were cutting off the 
Hebrews, everywhere. ‘Then a voice came to me, saying, “Finish your 
work ; hasten back to the mountains; bring down the lamb, that he may be 
slaughtered, that his blood may quench the fires of hell that burns in the 
heart of priesthood.” I asked, “Can I reach him alive?” The breath an- 
swered, “God is mighty. You will return again, then you will die.” 
“Amen,” I said, and.turned to retrace my steps. Again I was. borne along, 
who can tell me how. But when morning dawned I was beside him. I 
said, “The hour has come; hasten down, as your presence is demanded 
among the many that must die.. You will give them strength, dear brother» 
even if you die in their midst.” Then we started, and all that day we 
climbed down the mountains, but as the sun went down we reached the 
foot of the mountain, and as the dark night shiclded us, I sought 
Peter’s hut. There I sat down, entirely exhausted. . Peter left the hut, 
with Jesus, and I never saw him after. 

Two days had passed away, and I knelt in prayer with the children of 
the poor fisherman. Even then,a heathen lad came to the door, and fled 
again, but on the next day four confessors came and caught me by the hair, 
and dragged me away, and cut off my head. Holy, eternal distance has 
been my home, and I have been brought back to declare how I became an 
outeast, that others may learn a lesson from’ my destiny, and be blessed. 


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O, ye daughters’ of the\holy land.of freedom, look... When L.dwelt:insmortal: 
form, women were held as slaves to the brute desires of man,’ but now you » 7 
can stand forth and defend your own rights, and, none dare ‘bid you: hold — 
your peace. | And now: the poor, despised scarlet woman of Antioch, Mary. q 
Magdalen, has been accused of holding seven devils in that. poor frail body,» — 
but humanity shall be my judge, whether the seven devils’ belonged, tome, — 
or the priests and confessors, that diseased me, and: then sought to destroy » q 
me.’ [oly, infinite expanse of ideality, I have been judged by thee, Con- 
demnation belongs to the destroyer, and not the destroyed. » Man: oft errs: — 
in his judgment, but God never. I must give answer, the devils that sought j 
to destroy the body, could not destroy the inner life of that: body, but.God, — 
held it in his own bosom for ages, ere I. was commanded to ge back toearth: 
and declare myself a. poor child of satan and declare wating I knew con-,: 
cerning the man Jesus.» : vei) andi) ucomdtied 

And now may God plant his earth flowers all over, ‘atih and, may bce 
bloom, untrampled beneath the feet of .men in priestly robes, and, may their) 
sweet aroma be watted to. every clime, until, the glory, of). God. fills. 
all earth, through his own created children, and may the ,angels assist you, 7 
my sister, in finishing up your earth labor, and may you have strength given, : 
according to your day, in laying down your earthy cares, and’ may your holy, 
gift of inspiration free human souls, that are chained and bound in heathen, 
darkness. Hold thyself firm before thy oppressors. God.is nate and he. 
will hold his own from fear, and bear them home to’ rest. 


Tn that bright land where flowers bloom, 
''here is no darkness, death or gloom; 
Eternal light wilksurely reach you there, . vgn ST ts 
‘In that bright land where all is fair. - boi vak’. bor Ty hetew 


The holy breath of angels now is staid, —_—_. 8 % 
Until thy form in the earth is laid, PO a a en ere 
And then the happy song we will sirg for thee, cased Marni at ast, oft 
Come, dear sister, hasten home with me. wit! deh Reee oa marae 


Now [ must bid a long farewell, 

For you, on earth, must longer dwell; | 
While I shall seek that happy home afar, © 
Where [ have dwelt, upon the morning star.) © it hk 


Farewell! Farewell! They call me, I must go; ae 
I must leave you now, while you dwell here below; 
I hear your answer, sister, ‘*I, too, would be free, 

Mary, lam weary, I would go esi with thee.’ ay OM 


God bless you, holy revelator, my work is duis Nes tye npn me,.| 
and may God’s children bear you over the turbid waters, and bring you safe 


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“home to the happy hearts that are beating for their friend, that is toiling on 
in earth’s cares and confusion. . Holy Creator, Father God, bless thy chil-» 
dren I must leave on earth, and bear them all away to that home where I 
am going, is the holy prayer of Mary Magdalen, the poor, crushed flower of 
Antioch. 


CHAPTER XXII. 


CONCLUSION, DRAWN FROM. THE INNER.LIFE. OF, JESSY, 
.» THE GRANDFATHER OF JESUS, THE SON.OF JOSEPH, 
. THE, CARPENTER’S SON. 


. My father was from the house of David, and I his tenth born. — He be- 
lieved. in, God, and taught his children many things they never forgot or for- 
sook. _ Joseph was.my last born, and I was called to leave’ him. when he 
was one year and a half.old. .And I felt, when I folded him tomy bosom for 
the last time, that his destiny was a fearful one, but how, I could not discern. 
My sight faded away while J gazed upon him, and, his last..look upon me 
was anguish. From the;time I ceased to be in, mortal form, I clung to that 
child’s destiny, and it seemed that, my lite was interwoven wiih his life, as 
long ashe dwelt among men., And as I.am cognizant of every act of his 
earth life, I feel to exclaim here;,God created a holy thing in. Abraham’s 
blood. Bitter was his anguish, fearful was his..doom, ‘yet humanity looks 
upon him as an inferior man—one: that was easily deceived, and did not de- 
tect the condition of his beloved Mary, until her form, bespoke the deception 
heaped upon him. Buat,look how unworthy has been. this. statement, as. I 
do. know they had been married one year and eight days, ere their first child 
was born. And when man detects‘such unholy: fraud, how can. he | believe 
further statements of such unworthy, designing bigots... Mary was a holy 
damsel—Joseph.was filled. with wisdom—and, between the two, a holy. child 
was begotten, and when his. destiny was held before him, he shiunk from the 
fulfilment of the. demand that. was lain upon, him.) He. was. nailed,to, the 
cross, but he did not die until,his body was lain upon a heap. of fagots and 
the splintered cross.. There he was. freed: from, that body; aud, .not until 
then. ..., ) | i Pi 
Listen, children of earth; Jesus, my own. grandscn, possessed all the. at- 
tributes of a man, as well as.the attributes of an angel. | Reveive him as ‘a 
friend/and a brother, but not as a deity, then you will receive him as he is, 
and you will no longer seek to mystify his creation, but through his teachings 


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you will be led to a bright home beyond, and there find , rest. acai it - those q 
sh lay down ail rire had ie truth’s bake. .coianlaos fine “APO oh 


CHAPTER XXIII. 


THE LAST INSCRIPTION BEARING UPON THE AGE THAT | 
BROUGHT LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. | 


That light has never gone out, but it will grow brighter, and brighter, q 
through all of earth's changes, although eighteen hundred and forty years 
have passed away, and all the fiends of darkness have been constantly at 
work to destroy facts, that were made manifest through Jesus and his faith- 
ful followers, that were done in the age in which the holy mat’ walked the 
earth. There were facts relative to spirits controlling mortals, that could 
not be denied in that age, or in any other that came after, even to the pres- 
ent. Iam before the inhabitants of earth, as an author, but I must’ ac- 
knowledge, with so many facts before me, it was utterly impossible’ ‘to do 
justice to any part of the history, being so tull of incidents, and ‘being com- 
pelled to compile them in so small a compass. In this case, as’ well as’in 
all others, histories, drawn from foreign tongues, must be interpreted, ere it 
can be given to the revelator. ‘And now, if the inhabitants of earth are de- 
sirous to comprehend the truth, as it was, they have it as we received it, and 
in no other way. And as we breathed it upon another, so it is breathed to 
you. You that live in nineteen hundred, will comprehend this record more 
fully than the present age, but you that live in the ‘twentieth century ‘will 
comprehend every expression given here.’ Man may seek to smother the 
light drawn from Almighty God, but its divine rays will blend with’ every 
human being, that has light enough within him to attract light. The time 
will surely be, when every child of the Infinite will learn how to extract the 


life essence from all created things, and then man will not‘ask for anyone ~ 


to think or pray for him, but he will stand forth, fearless of the’ opinion “of 
man, and be clothed in his own inheritant garments, that is, light drawn ‘by 
the law of attraction to‘himself. And now I can say, with these “holy 
breaths around me, I have finished my work for earth’s created, forever and 
ever, and if the reader is blessed by reading, as much as I have been by as- 
sisting in those records, they will be blessed indeed. I scons “ with 7 
best wishes, while I remain the humble brother, 


GEORGE LIPPARD. 








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